Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, She Was Good for Nothing, part 1: Care t…

Name the figure who, upon the student's death, removed the goloshes from his feet, and state the reason which she gave in the text for doing so?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, figure, reason, student · What happens: name, remove, state, give, do, die · To what, where: figure, goloshes, feet, reason, text

This is exam question 4 of lesson 843 «Andersen's Tales, She Was Good for Nothing, part 1: Care takes the goloshes, the mayor scolds a washer-woman's boy, and bad news reaches the laundress» 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	Name	name	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 figure	det
3	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Name	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 removed	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 death	punct
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 death	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 student	det
8	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 death	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 student	case
10	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 removed	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 death	punct
12	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 figure	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 goloshes	det
14	goloshes	golosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 removed	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 feet	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 feet	nmod:poss
17	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 removed	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 state	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 state	cc
20	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Name	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 reason	det
22	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 state	obj
23	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 gave	nsubj
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 gave	nsubj
25	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 reason	acl:relcl
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 text	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 text	det
28	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 gave	obl
29	for	for	SCONJ	_	30 doing	mark
30	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 gave	advcl
31	so	so	ADV	_	30 doing	advmod
32	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	name	imperative	you not said here	the figure		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent figure=Theme
2	remove	past	the figure	the goloshes	death's feet	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent golosh=Theme from foot=Source
3	state speech: other	infinitive	you not said here	the reason		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
4	give	past	the reason		the text	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	do	gerund	the reason not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	die		the student			nom death «event 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 stranger, who claimed they were gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 claimed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 claimed	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 claimed	nsubj
5	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gifts	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 gifts	cop
8	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 claimed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	the stranger						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	they	gifts					tree rules

Option 2

Care, who regarded them as her own property and refused to return them to the student's family

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regarded	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 regarded	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 regarded	nsubj
4	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 regarded	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 property	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 property	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 property	amod
9	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regarded	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 refused	cc
11	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 regarded	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 return	mark
13	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 refused	xcomp
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 return	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 family	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 student	det
17	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 family	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 student	case
19	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	regard	past	Care	them = they		as Care's own property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent they=Theme as property=Value
2	refuse	past	Care not said here				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not return	to-infinitive	Care not said here	them = they	the student's family		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to family=Destination

Option 3

the lame laundress who thought them hers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 laundress	det
2	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 laundress	amod
3	laundress	laundress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 thought	nsubj
5	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 laundress	acl:relcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thought	obj
7	hers	her	PRON	Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 thought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	the lame laundress	them = they					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme her=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Care, who regarded them as her own property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regarded	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 regarded	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 regarded	nsubj
4	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 regarded	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 property	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 property	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 property	amod
9	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past	Care	them = they				as Care's own property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent they=Theme as property=Value

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