Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy v…

Describe the function of the Metal Pig with reference to the child upon its back.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe · To what, where: function

This is exam question 2 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 Pig	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Pig	det
6	Metal	Metal	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Pig	compound
7	Pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 reference	case
9	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Pig	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 child	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 back	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 back	nmod:poss
15	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the function of the Metal Pig with reference				to the child; upon child's back	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent function=Theme to child=be'

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 Pig moves only when a child is seated on its back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Pig	det
2	Pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moves	nsubj
3	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 seated	advmod
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 seated	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seated	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 seated	aux:pass
9	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 moves	advcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 back	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 back	nmod:poss
12	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	the Pig						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	seat	present · passive		a child		child's back			vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value

Option 2

The Pig can only run while an innocent child rides upon it, and it stops as soon as the child gets down from its back to play

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Pig	det
2	Pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 run	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 run	aux
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 run	advmod
5	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 rides	mark
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rides	nsubj
10	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 run	advcl
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rides	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stops	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 stops	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 stops	nsubj
16	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 run	conj
17	as	as	ADV	_	18 soon	advmod
18	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 stops	advmod
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	22 gets	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 child	det
21	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gets	nsubj
22	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 stops	advcl
23	down	down	ADV	_	22 gets	advmod
24	from	from	ADP	_	26 back	case
25	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 back	nmod:poss
26	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gets	obl
27	to	to	PART	_	28 play	mark
28	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 gets	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	run	can	the Pig			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ride	present	a innocent child		upon Pig	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	stop	present	child		soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	get down	present	the child	Pig's back	down property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
5	play	to-infinitive	the child not said here			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The Pig can run whenever a grown man rides upon it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Pig	det
2	Pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	9 rides	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rides	nsubj
9	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 run	advcl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	run	can	the Pig		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ride	present	a grown man	upon Pig	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Pig can only run while an innocent child rides upon it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Pig	det
2	Pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 run	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 run	aux
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 run	advmod
5	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 rides	mark
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rides	nsubj
10	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 run	advcl
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	can	the Pig						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ride	present	a innocent child					upon Pig	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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