Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watc…

Which of the following describes the location in which the counsellor first regains consciousness after his disturbing episode?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: counsellor · What happens: follow, describe, regain · To what, where: location, consciousness

This is exam question 1 of lesson 838 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watchman wears magic goloshes and tries life as a lieutenant» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 location	det
7	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 regains	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 counsellor	det
11	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 regains	nsubj
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 regains	advmod
13	regains	regain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 location	acl:relcl
14	consciousness	consciousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 regains	obj
15	after	after	ADP	_	18 episode	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 episode	nmod:poss
17	disturbing	disturbing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 episode	amod
18	episode	episode	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 regains	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the location				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme
3	regain	present	the counsellor	consciousness	the location	after counsellor's disturbing episode	first property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consciousness=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

He wakes in East Street, lying with his legs towards a porch

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 wakes	nsubj
2	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 Street	case
4	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Street	compound
5	Street	Street	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wakes	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lying	punct
7	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wakes	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 legs	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lying	obl
11	towards	towards	ADP	_	13 porch	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 porch	det
13	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	present	He			East Street			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	lie	gerund	He not said here					with Street's legs; towards a porch	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He wakes in East Street, lying with his legs towards a porch, with his hat and cane nearby

The tree, 18 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 wakes	nsubj
2	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 Street	case
4	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Street	compound
5	Street	Street	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wakes	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lying	punct
7	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wakes	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 legs	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lying	obl
11	towards	towards	ADP	_	13 porch	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 porch	det
13	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lying	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hat	punct
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 hat	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 hat	nmod:poss
17	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lying	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 cane	cc
19	cane	cane	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hat	conj
20	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	17 hat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	present	He			East Street			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	lie	gerund	He not said here					with Street's legs; towards a porch; with Street's hat and cane	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He wakes in East Street, lying with his legs towards a porch, after a long and strange dream of stars

The tree, 20 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 wakes	nsubj
2	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 Street	case
4	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Street	compound
5	Street	Street	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wakes	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lying	punct
7	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wakes	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 legs	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lying	obl
11	towards	towards	ADP	_	13 porch	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 porch	det
13	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lying	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 dream	punct
15	after	after	ADP	_	20 dream	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 dream	det
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 dream	amod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 strange	cc
19	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 long	conj
20	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lying	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 stars	case
22	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 dream	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	present	He		East Street			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	lie	gerund	He not said here			after a long dream of stars	with Street's legs; towards a porch	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	dream			stars				nom dream «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

He wakes in a dark lane, lying with his head against a wall

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 wakes	nsubj
2	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 lane	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lane	det
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lane	amod
6	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wakes	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lying	punct
8	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wakes	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 head	nmod:poss
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lying	obl
12	against	against	ADP	_	14 wall	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wall	det
14	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	present	He			a dark lane			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	lie	gerund	He not said here			a wall		with his head	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against wall=Location

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