Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost i…

Which of the following describes the outcome of the boatmen's action upon the sucking-pig?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boatmen · What happens: follow, describe, suck, act · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 1 of lesson 849 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost in the forest, the children meet a gypsy with wishing nuts» 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 outcome	det
7	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 action	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boatmen	det
10	boatmen	boatman	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 action	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 boatmen	case
12	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 outcome	nmod
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 pig	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pig	det
15	sucking	suck	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 pig	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 sucking	punct
17	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 action	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome of the boatmen's action upon the sucking pig		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
3	suck	gerund				vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	act		the boatmen		upon the sucking pig	nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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 pig was eaten.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pig	det
2	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eaten	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	aux:pass
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · passive		the pig					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The pig drifted off and was never seen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pig	det
2	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drifted	nsubj
3	drifted	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 drifted	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 seen	cc
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 seen	aux:pass
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 seen	advmod
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 drifted	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 drifted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drift off	past	the pig						vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	not see	past · passive	the pig not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The animal was lost to the current of the river.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux:pass
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 current	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 current	det
7	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 current	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		the animal				to the current of the river	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

The pig was carried safely ashore by them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pig	det
2	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carried	aux:pass
4	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	safely	safely	ADV	_	4 carried	advmod
6	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	4 carried	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · passive	them = they	the pig				ashore, safely property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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