Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watc…

Which of the following accurately states the reason the watchman refrains from returning the goloshes at once?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: watchman · What happens: follow, state, refrain, return · To what, where: reason, goloshes

This is exam question 2 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 watchman	det
10	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 refrains	nsubj
11	refrains	refrain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	from	from	SCONJ	_	13 returning	mark
13	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 refrains	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 goloshes	det
15	goloshes	golosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 returning	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 once	case
17	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 returning	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	refrain	present	the watchman	the reason not said here		tree rules
4	return	gerund	the watchman not said here	the goloshes		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent golosh=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

He is too lazy

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	4 lazy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lazy	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 lazy	advmod
4	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					lazy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He is unwilling to disturb the other occupants of the house

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	3 unwilling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unwilling	aux
3	unwilling	unwill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 disturb	mark
5	disturb	disturb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unwilling	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 occupants	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 occupants	amod
8	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 disturb	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 house	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 house	det
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 occupants	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unwill	present · progressive	He						tree rules
2	disturb	to-infinitive	He not said here	the other occupants of the house					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus occupant=Experiencer

Option 3

He is nervous about being seen leaving the house so early

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	3 nervous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 nervous	cop
3	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	6 seen	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 seen	aux:pass
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 nervous	advcl
7	leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 seen	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leaving	obj
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 early	advmod
11	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 seen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		nervous property	tree rules
2	see	gerund · passive	He not said here		early property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: clause=Stimulus
3	leave	gerund	He not said here	the house		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He wants to keep them

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 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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