Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the f…

What reason does the narrator assign for the goblin's continued attachment to the huckster's household, despite his longing for the student?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason, goblin · What happens: do, continue, attach, long · To what, where: narrator assign

This is exam question 3 of lesson 834 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the fire breaks out and the goblin saves the student's book» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 assign	det
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assign	compound
6	assign	assign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	12 attachment	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goblin	det
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attachment	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 goblin	case
11	continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 attachment	amod
12	attachment	attachment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	17 household	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 huckster	det
15	huckster	huckster	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 household	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 huckster	case
17	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attachment	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 longing	punct
19	despite	despite	ADP	_	21 longing	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 longing	nmod:poss
21	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attachment	conj
22	for	for	ADP	_	24 student	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 student	det
24	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 longing	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	what reason	the narrator assign	for the goblin's continued attachment to the huckster's household and reason's longing for the student	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assign=Eventuality
2	continue	participle				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	attach		the goblin		to the huckster's household	nom attachment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent to=obl
4	long		reason		for the student	nom longing «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He loves the huckster's wife more than the student dearly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 loves	nsubj
2	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 huckster	det
4	huckster	huckster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wife	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 huckster	case
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loves	obj
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 loves	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 student	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 student	det
10	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 more	obl
11	dearly	dearly	ADV	_	2 loves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	He	the huckster's wife				dearly property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus

Option 2

Because of the jam, which the narrator presents as human nature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	4 jam	case
2	of	of	ADP	_	1 Because	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jam	det
4	jam	jam	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 presents	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 presents	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 presents	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 narrator	det
8	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 presents	nsubj
9	presents	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 nature	case
11	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nature	amod
12	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 presents	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	present	the narrator					because the jam; as human nature	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The goblin remains attached to the huckster because of the jam, which the narrator presents as a representation of human nature

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goblin	det
2	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	attached	attach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 remains	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 huckster	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 huckster	det
7	huckster	huckster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	obl
8	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	11 jam	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 because	fixed
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 jam	det
11	jam	jam	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 presents	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 presents	obj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrator	det
15	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 presents	nsubj
16	presents	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 jam	acl:relcl
17	as	as	ADP	_	19 representation	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 representation	det
19	representation	representation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 presents	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 nature	case
21	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 nature	amod
22	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 representation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the goblin		to the huckster; because the jam	tree rules
2	attach	participle	the goblin not said here			vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	present	present	the narrator	the jam	as a representation of human nature	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
4	represent			human nature		nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The goblin remains attached to the huckster because of the jam, which the narrator presents as a representation of human nature and the pleasures of the shop

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goblin	det
2	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	attached	attach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 remains	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 huckster	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 huckster	det
7	huckster	huckster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	obl
8	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	11 jam	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 because	fixed
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 jam	det
11	jam	jam	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 presents	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 presents	obj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrator	det
15	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 presents	nsubj
16	presents	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 jam	acl:relcl
17	as	as	ADP	_	19 representation	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 representation	det
19	representation	representation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 presents	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 nature	case
21	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 nature	amod
22	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 representation	nmod
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 pleasures	cc
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 pleasures	det
25	pleasures	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 representation	conj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 shop	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 shop	det
28	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 pleasures	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the goblin		to the huckster; because the jam	tree rules
2	attach	participle	the goblin not said here			vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	present	present	the narrator	the jam	as a representation of human nature and the pleasures of the shop	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
4	represent			human nature		nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient
5	please			the shop		nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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