Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow

Which of the following best describes the circumstances in which the glovemaker's widow was found after her collapse?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: widow · What happens: follow, describe, find, collapse · To what, where: circumstances, widow

This is exam question 1 of lesson 845 «Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	amod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 found	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 glovemaker	det
12	glovemaker	glovemaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 widow	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 glovemaker	case
14	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 found	aux:pass
16	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 circumstances	acl:relcl
17	after	after	ADP	_	19 collapse	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 collapse	nmod:poss
19	collapse	collapse	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the circumstances			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
3	find	past · passive		the glovemaker's widow	the circumstances	after widow's collapse	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
4	collapse		widow				nom collapse «state 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

She lay on the grass with her feet in the cold water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 grass	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grass	det
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 feet	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feet	nmod:poss
8	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lay	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 water	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 water	amod
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	She			the grass		with her feet; in the cold water	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on grass=Location

Option 2

She lay face down on the bank, with her whole body sprawled across the road and both shoes gone

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lay	xcomp
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 face	compound:prt
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 bank	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bank	det
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 face	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 body	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 body	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 body	nmod:poss
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 body	amod
12	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
13	sprawled	sprawl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 body	acl
14	across	across	ADP	_	16 road	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 road	det
16	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sprawled	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 gone	cc
18	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	19 shoes	det
19	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 gone	nsubj
20	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lay	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lie	past	She			with her whole body	tree rules
2	face down	infinitive	She not said here		the bank		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	sprawl	participle		her whole body not said here	the road		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	go	participle	both shoes				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She lay with her head upon dry land and her feet in the stream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 head	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 land	case
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 land	amod
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 feet	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 feet	nmod:poss
11	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 land	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 stream	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stream	det
14	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	She			the stream		with her head; upon dry land and her feet	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon land=Location

Option 4

She lay wholly submerged in the stream, her clothes soaked and her shoes floating away down the current

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 submerged	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 submerged	aux:pass
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	4 submerged	advmod
4	submerged	submerge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 stream	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stream	det
7	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 submerged	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 clothes	punct
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 clothes	nmod:poss
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 submerged	obl
11	soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 clothes	acl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 shoes	cc
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 shoes	nmod:poss
14	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 soaked	conj
15	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 shoes	acl
16	away	away	ADV	_	15 floating	advmod
17	down	down	ADP	_	19 current	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 current	det
19	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 floating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	submerge	past · passive		She	the stream	her clothes obl; wholly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	soak	participle		her clothes not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	float away	gerund	her shoes not said here		the current	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down current=Trajectory

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