Exam question 3 · Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy an…

State the principal occupation of Rudy's grandfather as indicated in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: indicate, occupy · To what, where: principal occupation, passage, grandfather

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 occupation	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 occupation	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 occupation	amod
4	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 grandfather	case
6	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 grandfather	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Rudy	case
8	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 occupation	nmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 indicated	mark
10	indicated	indicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 occupation	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 passage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 passage	det
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 indicated	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 occupation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	participle		the principal occupation of Rudy's grandfather not said here		the passage			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	occupy			Rudy's grandfather					nom occupation «act 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 a soldier who guards the old fire-arms

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	4 soldier	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 soldier	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 soldier	det
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 guards	nsubj
6	guards	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 soldier	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 arms	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 arms	amod
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 arms	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 fire	punct
11	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 guards	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a soldier					tree rules
2	guard	present	a soldier	the old fire arms					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is a carver who cuts and carves wooden toys

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	4 carver	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 carver	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 carver	det
4	carver	carver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cuts	nsubj
6	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 carver	acl:relcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carves	cc
8	carves	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cuts	conj
9	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 toys	amod
10	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 carves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a carver	tree rules
2	cut	present	a carver		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	carve	present	a carver not said here	wooden toys	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme

Option 3

He is a carver who cuts and carves wooden toys and also hangs old fire-arms on the rafters

The tree, 19 words

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	4 carver	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 carver	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 carver	det
4	carver	carver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cuts	nsubj
6	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 carver	acl:relcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carves	cc
8	carves	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cuts	conj
9	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 toys	amod
10	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 carves	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hangs	cc
12	also	also	ADV	_	13 hangs	advmod
13	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cuts	conj
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 arms	amod
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 arms	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 fire	punct
17	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hangs	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 rafters	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rafters	det
20	rafters	rafter	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hangs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a carver		tree rules
2	cut	present	a carver			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	carve	present	a carver not said here	wooden toys		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme
4	hang	present	a carver not said here	old fire arms	the rafters	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent arm=Theme on rafter=Destination

Option 4

He is a shepherd who tends goats on the hill

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	4 shepherd	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shepherd	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shepherd	det
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 tends	nsubj
6	tends	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shepherd	acl:relcl
7	goats	goat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tends	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 hill	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hill	det
10	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a shepherd					tree rules
2	tend	present	a shepherd	goats		the hill			vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme

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