Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watc…

Which of the following best describes the change in circumstances undergone by the watchman upon his wish?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: follow, describe, undergo, wish · To what, where: change, circumstances

This is exam question 3 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 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 change	det
8	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 circumstances	case
10	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 change	nmod
11	undergone	undergo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 circumstances	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 watchman	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 watchman	det
14	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 undergone	obl
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 wish	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 wish	nmod:poss
17	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 watchman	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the change	circumstances	of the best	tree rules
3	undergo	participle		circumstances not said here		by the watchman upon his wish	tree rules
4	wish		his = he				nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

He is transformed into the lieutenant, and then returns to being a watchman

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 transformed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 lieutenant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lieutenant	det
6	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 returns	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 returns	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 returns	advmod
10	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 watchman	case
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 watchman	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 watchman	det
14	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	transform	present · passive	He		into the lieutenant result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into lieutenant=Result
2	return	present		then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	gerund			to a watchman	tree rules

Option 2

He becomes a wealthy merchant, then goes back to his old life

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 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 merchant	det
4	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 merchant	amod
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 becomes	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 goes	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 goes	advmod
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 becomes	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 goes	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 life	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 life	nmod:poss
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 life	amod
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	He	a wealthy merchant					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	go back	present	He not said here				then	to his old life result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to life=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He becomes a lieutenant

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 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lieutenant	det
4	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 becomes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	He	a lieutenant					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He is made a king

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 made	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		He					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary king=Product

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