Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the un…

Which of the following describes the principal consequence of the avalanche for the household of Rudy's uncle?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 1 of lesson 855 «Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the uncle, and Rudy becomes the family's hunter and guide» 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	8 consequence	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 consequence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 consequence	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 consequence	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 consequence	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 consequence	det
7	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 consequence	amod
8	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 avalanche	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 avalanche	det
11	avalanche	avalanche	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consequence	nmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 household	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 household	det
14	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consequence	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 uncle	case
16	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 uncle	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Rudy	case
18	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 household	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						of the principal consequence; of the avalanche; for the household of Rudy's uncle	tree rules

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 village rebuilds and the household prospers under the uncle's care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 village	det
2	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rebuilds	nsubj
3	rebuilds	rebuild	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 prospers	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 household	det
6	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prospers	nsubj
7	prospers	prosper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rebuilds	conj
8	under	under	ADP	_	12 care	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 uncle	det
10	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 care	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 uncle	case
12	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prospers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	rebuild	present	the village		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	prosper	present	the household	the uncle's care	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under care=Location
3	care		the uncle		nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The uncle is killed, the household is left in grief and dependence, and Rudy must also leave the village to find work

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 uncle	det
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 killed	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 killed	aux:pass
4	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 left	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 household	det
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 left	aux:pass
9	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 killed	parataxis
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 grief	case
11	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dependence	cc
13	dependence	dependence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grief	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 leave	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 leave	cc
16	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 leave	nsubj
17	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 leave	aux
18	also	also	ADV	_	19 leave	advmod
19	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 killed	parataxis
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 village	det
21	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 leave	obj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 find	mark
23	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 leave	advcl
24	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	kill	present · passive		the uncle		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	leave	present · passive		the household	grief and dependence	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in grief=Location
3	leave	must	Rudy	the village		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme
4	find	to-infinitive	Rudy not said here	work		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The uncle is killed and the household falls into grief and dependence on Rudy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 uncle	det
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 killed	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 killed	aux:pass
4	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 falls	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 household	det
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 falls	nsubj
8	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 killed	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 grief	case
10	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 falls	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dependence	cc
12	dependence	dependence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grief	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 Rudy	case
14	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 dependence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	present · passive		the uncle					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fall	present	the household					into grief and dependence on Rudy result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into grief=Result

Option 4

The uncle dies and Rudy leaves the valley

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 uncle	det
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dies	nsubj
3	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 leaves	cc
5	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 leaves	nsubj
6	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dies	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 valley	det
8	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	the uncle						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	leave	present	Rudy	the valley					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valley=Theme

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