Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 85: the…

State the precise manner in which the lawyer is compelled to perform the dance, as it is described in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: compel, perform, describe · To what, where: lawyer, precise manner, dance, passage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 874 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 85: the flowers dance at night while Sophy the doll gives up her bed» 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	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 manner	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 manner	amod
4	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 compelled	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lawyer	det
8	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 compelled	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 compelled	aux:pass
10	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 manner	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 perform	mark
12	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 compelled	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 dance	det
14	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 perform	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 described	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 described	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 described	nsubj:pass
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 described	aux:pass
19	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 compelled	parataxis
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 passage	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 passage	det
22	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 described	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	compel	present · passive	the lawyer	the precise manner	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	perform	to-infinitive	the dance		vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Theme
3	describe	present · passive	lawyer	the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme

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

by being made to stamp his feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 made	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stamp	mark
5	stamp	stamp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stamp	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund · passive							tree rules
2	stamp	to-infinitive		his feet					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination

Option 2

by being forced to join the ball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 forced	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 forced	aux:pass
3	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 join	mark
5	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forced	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ball	det
7	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 join	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	gerund · passive							vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: clause=Topic
2	join	to-infinitive		the ball					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

by being obliged to dance also

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 obliged	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dance	mark
5	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	also	also	ADV	_	5 dance	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	gerund · passive							vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: clause=Result
2	dance	to-infinitive							vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

by being asked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 asked	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 asked	aux:pass
3	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund · passive							vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»

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