Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost i…
Identify the principal reason the two children left the boat and entered the thicket.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, two children · What happens: identify, leave, enter · To what, where: principal reason, boat, thicket
This is exam question 2 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 children | det |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 children | nummod |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 left | nsubj |
| 8 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 boat | det |
| 10 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 left | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 entered | cc |
| 12 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 left | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 thicket | det |
| 14 | thicket | thicket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 entered | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | past | the two children | the boat | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme | ||||
| 3 | enter | past | the two children not said here | the thicket | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thicket=Destination |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They fled in alarm after the pig was lost.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 fled | nsubj |
| 2 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 alarm | case |
| 4 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fled | obl |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 lost | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pig | det |
| 7 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 lost | aux:pass |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 fled | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 fled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | They | alarm | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | past · passive | the pig | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 2
They fled in alarm after the pig was lost in the river and their father shouted.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 fled | nsubj |
| 2 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 alarm | case |
| 4 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fled | obl |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 lost | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pig | det |
| 7 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 lost | aux:pass |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 fled | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 river | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 river | det |
| 12 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lost | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 shouted | cc |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 father | nmod:poss |
| 15 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 shouted | nsubj |
| 16 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 lost | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 fled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | They | alarm | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | past · passive | the pig | the river | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | shout speech: express | past | their father | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
They hid from the angry boatmen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 boatmen | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 boatmen | det |
| 5 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 boatmen | amod |
| 6 | boatmen | boatman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hid | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 hid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | They | the angry boatmen | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from boatman=Beneficiary |
Option 4
They entered the thicket because they wanted to pick blackberries and explore the wood.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 entered | nsubj |
| 2 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 thicket | det |
| 4 | thicket | thicket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 entered | obj |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 wanted | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wanted | nsubj |
| 7 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 entered | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 pick | mark |
| 9 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wanted | xcomp |
| 10 | blackberries | blackberry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 pick | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 explore | cc |
| 12 | explore | explore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 pick | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 wood | det |
| 14 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 explore | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 entered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | past | They | the thicket | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thicket=Destination | ||||
| 2 | want | past | they | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | pick not said to happen | to-infinitive | they not said here | blackberries | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blackberry=Patient | ||||
| 4 | explore | infinitive | they not said here | the wood | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent wood=Location |
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