Exam question 1 · Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy an…

Which of the following best describes the economic circumstances of Ib at the conclusion of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, conclude · To what, where: economic circumstances, conclusion, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 852 «Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy and prosperous, and the story turns to Switzerland and the boy Rudy» 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	9 circumstances	det
8	economic	economic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 circumstances	amod
9	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Ib	case
11	Ib	Ib	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 circumstances	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 conclusion	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conclusion	det
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 circumstances	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 passage	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 passage	det
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conclusion	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the economic circumstances of Ib	the conclusion of the passage	of the best	tree rules
3	conclude		the passage			nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: 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

He is bankrupt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bankrupt	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bankrupt	cop
3	bankrupt	bankrupt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					bankrupt property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He is an impoverished man living in a rented room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 man	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	impoverished	impoverish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 man	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 room	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 room	det
9	rented	rent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 room	amod
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	impoverish	participle				tree rules
2	is a	present	He	a impoverished man		tree rules
3	live	gerund	a impoverished man not said here		a rented room	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location
4	rent	participle				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is a prosperous man in comfortable circumstances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 man	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	prosperous	prosperous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
7	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 circumstances	amod
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a prosperous man		comfortable circumstances			tree rules

Option 4

He returned to Copenhagen to work as a clerk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Copenhagen	case
4	Copenhagen	Copenhagen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 work	mark
6	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 returned	advcl
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 clerk	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 clerk	det
9	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He		Copenhagen				vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to copenhagen=Result
2	work	to-infinitive	He not said here					as a clerk	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as clerk=Attribute

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