Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christ…

Which of the following best describes the outcome of Ib's examination of the black nut?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ib · What happens: follow, describe, examine · To what, where: outcome, black nut

This is exam question 1 of lesson 850 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christina goes into service, and Ib cannot write to her» 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 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 examination	case
10	Ib	Ib	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 examination	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Ib	case
12	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 outcome	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 nut	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 nut	det
15	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 nut	amod
16	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 examination	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 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 Ib's examination of the black nut	of the best	tree rules
3	examine		Ib	the black nut		nom examination «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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 nut was found to be solid and sweet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nut	det
2	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	aux:pass
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 solid	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 solid	cop
7	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 found	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sweet	cc
9	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 solid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find	past · passive		the nut		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	is	to-infinitive	the nut not said here		solid property	tree rules
3	be		the nut not said here			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The nut was found to be hollow and worm-eaten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nut	det
2	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	aux:pass
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 hollow	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 hollow	cop
7	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 found	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 eaten	cc
9	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eaten	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 worm	punct
11	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 found	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find	past · passive		the nut		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	is	to-infinitive	the nut not said here		hollow property	tree rules
3	eat	participle				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The nut was found to hold a gold coin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nut	det
2	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	aux:pass
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hold	mark
6	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 found	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 coin	det
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coin	compound
9	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · passive		the nut					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
2	hold	to-infinitive	the nut not said here	a gold coin					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme

Option 4

The nut was examined and found to be hollow, dry, and worm-eaten all the way through

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nut	det
2	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 examined	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 examined	aux:pass
4	examined	examine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 found	cc
6	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 examined	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	9 hollow	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 hollow	cop
9	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 found	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dry	punct
11	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hollow	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 eaten	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 eaten	cc
14	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 eaten	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 worm	punct
16	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 examined	conj
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 way	det:predet
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 way	det
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 eaten	obl:unmarked
20	through	through	ADV	_	16 eaten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	examine	past · passive	the nut		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	find	participle			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	is	to-infinitive		hollow property	tree rules
4	be				tree rules
5	eat	participle	all way	through property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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