Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the…

Which of the following best describes the boy's actions in the final section of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: follow, describe, act, section · To what, where: actions, final section, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 899 «Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the Metal Pig, Bellissima is taken by police, and the boy starts drawing» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 actions	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 boy	case
10	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 describes	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 section	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 section	det
13	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 section	amod
14	section	section	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 actions	nmod
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 section	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the boy's actions	the final section of the passage	of the best	tree rules
3	act		the boy		the final section of the passage		nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place
4	section			the passage			nom section «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice

He runs away from the painter to find the pig again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 painter	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 painter	det
6	painter	painter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 runs	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 find	mark
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 runs	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pig	det
10	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj
11	again	again	ADV	_	8 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	present	He			the painter		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from painter=Trajectory
2	find	to-infinitive	He not said here	the pig			again		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Topic

Option 2

He stops drawing altogether

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	drawing	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stops	xcomp
4	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	3 drawing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	He						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	draw	gerund	He not said here					altogether property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He stops drawing and returns to making gloves for his master

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	drawing	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stops	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 returns	cc
5	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stops	conj
6	to	to	SCONJ	_	7 making	mark
7	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 returns	advcl
8	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 making	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 master	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 master	nmod:poss
11	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 making	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	present	He			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	draw	gerund	He not said here			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	return	present	He not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	make	gerund	He not said here	gloves	for his master	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent glove=Material for master=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He copies the Metal Pig repeatedly and improves his drawing skills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 copies	nsubj
2	copies	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Pig	det
4	Metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Pig	compound
5	Pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 copies	obj
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	2 copies	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 improves	cc
8	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 copies	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 skills	nmod:poss
10	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 skills	compound
11	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 improves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	present	He	the Metal Pig				repeatedly property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Theme
2	improve	present	He not said here	Pig's drawing skills					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skill=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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