Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the…

According to the passage, what happened to Bellissima after the boy carried her home from the street?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: accord, happen, carry · To what, where: Bellissima, home, street

This is exam question 2 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happened	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 happened	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 happened	nsubj
7	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Bellissima	case
9	Bellissima	Bellissima	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 happened	obl
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 carried	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boy	det
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carried	nsubj
13	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 happened	advcl
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 home	nmod:poss
15	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carried	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 street	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 street	det
18	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carried	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	happen	past			Bellissima		accord the passage	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	carry	past	the boy	Bellissima's home		the street		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent home=Theme from street=Initial_Location

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

She was seized by two policemen on the stairs, then sold to a rich family from Rome and never returned to the boy at all, ever

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seized	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	aux:pass
3	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 policemen	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 policemen	nummod
6	policemen	policeman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seized	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 stairs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stairs	det
9	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seized	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sold	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sold	advmod
12	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 seized	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 family	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 family	det
15	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 family	amod
16	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sold	obl
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 Rome	case
18	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 family	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 returned	cc
20	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	21 returned	advmod
21	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sold	conj
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 boy	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 boy	det
24	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 returned	obl
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 all	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 returned	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 ever	punct
28	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 seized	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past · passive	two policemen	She		the stairs	ever		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	sell	participle	two policemen not said here		a rich family from Rome		then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to family=Recipient
3	not return	past	two policemen not said here			all		to the boy result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to boy=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She was lost in the square and found by the glovemaker's wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 square	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 square	det
6	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 found	cc
8	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lost	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	13 wife	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 glovemaker	det
11	glovemaker	glovemaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wife	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 glovemaker	case
13	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		She		the square			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	find	participle						by the glovemaker's wife	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She was taken by the police and given back to her owner later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taken	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 police	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 police	det
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taken	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 given	cc
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 taken	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 given	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 owner	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 owner	nmod:poss
12	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obl
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 taken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive	the police	She				late property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination
2	give back	participle	the police not said here		her owner				vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to owner=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was seized by two policemen and later returned by Giuseppe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seized	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	aux:pass
3	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 policemen	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 policemen	nummod
6	policemen	policeman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seized	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 returned	cc
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 returned	advmod
9	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 seized	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 Giuseppe	case
11	Giuseppe	Giuseppe	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past · passive	two policemen	She					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	return	participle	two policemen not said here					by Giuseppe; late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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