Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the f…

What occupation did the drummer's son ultimately aspire to attain, according to the concluding account of the second tale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: occupation · What happens: do, aspire, attain, accord, conclude, account · To what, where: son, second tale

This is exam question 4 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 occupation	det
2	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 drummer	det
5	drummer	drummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 drummer	case
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	9 aspire	advmod
9	aspire	aspire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 attain	mark
11	attain	attain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 aspire	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 account	punct
13	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 account	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 according	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 account	det
16	concluding	conclude	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 account	amod
17	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attain	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 tale	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 tale	det
20	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 tale	amod
21	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 account	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	what occupation	the drummer's son		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Eventuality
2	aspire	present			ultimately property	tree rules
3	attain	to-infinitive			accord the concluding account of the second tale	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
5	conclude	gerund				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
6	account			the second tale		nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 hoped to be the town's drummer, having outdone the Fire-drum's loud beat

The tree, 16 words

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 hoped	nsubj
2	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	8 drummer	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 drummer	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 town	det
6	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drummer	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 town	case
8	drummer	drummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hoped	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 outdone	punct
10	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 outdone	aux
11	outdone	outdo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 drummer	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 drum	det
13	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 drum	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Fire	punct
15	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 beat	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 drum	case
17	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 beat	amod
18	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 outdone	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hope	past	He		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive		the town's drummer	tree rules
3	outdo	gerund · perfect	the town's drummer not said here	the Fire drum's loud beat	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beat=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He aspired to become musician to the town, having surpassed the mere drumming of the Fire-drum

The tree, 17 words

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 aspired	nsubj
2	aspired	aspire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 become	mark
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 aspired	xcomp
5	musician	musician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 town	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 town	det
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 musician	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 surpassed	punct
10	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 surpassed	aux
11	surpassed	surpass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 aspired	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mere	det
13	mere	mere	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 surpassed	obj
14	drumming	drum	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 mere	acl
15	of	of	ADP	_	19 drum	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 drum	det
17	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 drum	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 Fire	punct
19	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 drumming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	aspire	past	He			tree rules
2	become	to-infinitive	He not said here	musician to the town		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	surpass	gerund · perfect	He not said here	the mere		vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mere=Theme
4	drum	gerund	the mere not said here		of the Fire drum	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He aspired to become musician to the town, having surpassed the mere drumming of the Fire-drum and mastered the violin

The tree, 21 words

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 aspired	nsubj
2	aspired	aspire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 become	mark
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 aspired	xcomp
5	musician	musician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 town	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 town	det
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 musician	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 surpassed	punct
10	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 surpassed	aux
11	surpassed	surpass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 aspired	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mere	det
13	mere	mere	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 surpassed	obj
14	drumming	drum	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 mere	acl
15	of	of	ADP	_	19 drum	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 drum	det
17	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 drum	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 Fire	punct
19	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 drumming	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 mastered	cc
21	mastered	master	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 aspired	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 violin	det
23	violin	violin	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 mastered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	aspire	past	He			tree rules
2	become	to-infinitive	He not said here	musician to the town		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	surpass	gerund · perfect	He not said here	the mere		vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mere=Theme
4	drum	gerund	the mere not said here		of the Fire drum	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
5	master	past	He not said here	the violin		tree rules

Option 4

He planned to become a preacher, having left the drum behind for good

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 planned	nsubj
2	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 become	mark
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 planned	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 preacher	det
6	preacher	preacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 left	punct
8	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 left	nsubj
9	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 planned	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 drum	det
11	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	obj
12	behind	behind	ADV	_	9 left	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 good	case
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	plan	past	He			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	become not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a preacher		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	have	gerund				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	leave	past		the drum	for good; behind property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent drum=Theme for good=Recipient

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