Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy v…

In what manner does the narrator describe the boy's situation at the conclusion of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: manner, you · What happens: do, describe, conclude · To what, where: narrator, situation, conclusion, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 898 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy visits the Florence churches, then is shoved around by his mother and finds a kind home» 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	In	in	SCONJ	_	4 does	mark
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 describe	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 situation	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 boy	case
11	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 conclusion	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conclusion	det
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obl
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	_	7 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present	what manner	the narrator		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrator=Eventuality
2	describe	imperative	you not said here	the boy's situation	the conclusion of the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent situation=Theme
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

The boy sleeps in the church with kind strangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeps	nsubj
3	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 church	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 church	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeps	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 strangers	case
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 strangers	amod
9	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sleeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	the boy			the church		with kind strangers	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in church=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The boy is left in the care of kindly strangers, in a state of hunger and distress

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 care	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 care	det
7	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 strangers	case
9	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	10 strangers	advmod
10	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 care	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 state	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 state	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 state	det
14	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 hunger	case
16	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 state	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 distress	cc
18	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hunger	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		the boy		the care of strangers		in a state of hunger and distress	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in care=Location
2	care		strangers						nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The boy is left alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		the boy				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The boy is taken in by a kindly old man and given warm food after a tiring evening of wandering the town streets

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	4 taken	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 man	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 man	det
8	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	9 old	advmod
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 given	cc
12	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 taken	conj
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 food	amod
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	obj
15	after	after	ADP	_	18 evening	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 evening	det
17	tiring	tiring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 evening	amod
18	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	obl
19	of	of	SCONJ	_	20 wandering	mark
20	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 evening	acl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 streets	det
22	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 streets	compound
23	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 wandering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	take in	present · passive	a old man	the boy		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination
2	give	participle	a old man not said here	warm food	evening	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
3	wonder speech: ask	gerund	a tiring evening not said here	the town streets		tree rules

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