Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8…

Explain the outcome of the journey to the river, with reference to the sack, the church, and the cattle.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain · To what, where: outcome, river

This is exam question 4 of lesson 870 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 81: Great Claus is beaten out of town, kills his own grandmother, and nearly drowns Little Claus, who escapes with a drover's cattle» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 journey	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 journey	det
6	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 reference	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 reference	case
12	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 sack	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sack	det
15	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reference	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 church	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 church	det
18	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sack	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 cattle	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 cattle	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 cattle	det
22	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the journey	the river			with reference to the sack and the church; the cattle obl	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic to river=Recipient

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

Great Claus went to church and left the sack outside, then drowned the drover, while Little Claus escaped and drove the cattle away.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Claus	amod
2	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 church	case
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 left	cc
7	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sack	det
9	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 left	obj
10	outside	outside	ADV	_	7 left	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 drowned	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 drowned	advmod
13	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 drover	det
15	drover	drover	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drowned	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 escaped	punct
17	while	while	SCONJ	_	20 escaped	mark
18	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 Claus	amod
19	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 escaped	nsubj
20	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 drowned	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 drove	cc
22	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 escaped	conj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 cattle	det
24	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 drove	obj
25	away	away	ADV	_	22 drove	advmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Great Claus		church			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial_Location
2	leave	past	Great Claus not said here	the sack			outside property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme
3	drown	past	Great Claus not said here	the drover		then		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drover=Patient
4	escape	past	Little Claus					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	drive away	past	Little Claus not said here	the cattle			away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme

Option 2

Little Claus escaped with the cattle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Claus	amod
2	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 escaped	nsubj
3	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 cattle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cattle	det
6	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 escaped	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 escaped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	past	Little Claus					with the cattle	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Great Claus left the sack at the church door and drowned the drover, while Little Claus escaped and drove off with the cattle.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Claus	amod
2	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 left	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sack	det
5	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 door	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 door	compound
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 drowned	cc
11	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 drover	det
13	drover	drover	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drowned	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 escaped	punct
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 escaped	mark
16	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Claus	amod
17	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 escaped	nsubj
18	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	parataxis
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 drove	cc
20	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 escaped	conj
21	off	off	ADP	_	20 drove	compound:prt
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 cattle	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 cattle	det
24	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 drove	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	past	Great Claus	the sack	the church door		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sack=Theme at door=Location
2	drown	past	Great Claus not said here	the drover			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drover=Patient
3	escape	past	Little Claus				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	drive off	past	Little Claus not said here			with the cattle	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The drover was drowned.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 drover	det
2	drover	drover	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drowned	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 drowned	aux:pass
4	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 drowned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past · passive		the drover					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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