Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the…

What, according to the passage, is the consequence of the boy's newfound interest in drawing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: newfound interest, boy · What happens: accord, be, draw, interest · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 consequence	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 passage	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 passage	det
6	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consequence	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 passage	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 consequence	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 consequence	det
10	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 interest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 interest	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 boy	case
15	newfound	newfound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 interest	amod
16	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consequence	nmod
17	in	in	SCONJ	_	18 drawing	mark
18	drawing	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 interest	acl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		the consequence	accord the passage; of the boy's newfound interest	tree rules
3	draw	gerund	the boy's newfound interest not said here			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	interest		the boy			nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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 sells fewer gloves, since he has learned that every object in the city can be sketched

The tree, 17 words

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 sells	nsubj
2	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 gloves	amod
4	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sells	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 learned	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 learned	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 learned	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 learned	aux
9	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 sells	conj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 sketched	mark
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 object	det
12	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sketched	nsubj:pass
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 city	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 city	det
15	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 object	nmod
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 sketched	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 sketched	aux:pass
18	sketched	sketch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 learned	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sell	present	He	fewer gloves	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glove=Theme
2	learn	present · perfect	he		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sketch	can · passive		every object in the city	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

His glovemaking slows, because he now draws the many things he sees around him

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 glovemaking	nmod:poss
2	glovemaking	glovemaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slows	nsubj
3	slows	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 draws	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 draws	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 draws	nsubj
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 draws	advmod
8	draws	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 slows	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 things	det
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 things	amod
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 draws	obj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sees	nsubj
13	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 things	acl:relcl
14	around	around	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sees	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	slow	present	His glovemaking				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	draw	present	glovemaking	the many things	now		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
3	see	present	glovemaking	the many things not said here		around him = he	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His glovemaking proceeds slowly, as he has learned that all objects may be drawn

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 glovemaking	nmod:poss
2	glovemaking	glovemaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceeds	nsubj
3	proceeds	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 proceeds	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 learned	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 learned	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 learned	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 learned	aux
9	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 proceeds	parataxis
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 drawn	mark
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 objects	det
12	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 drawn	nsubj:pass
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 drawn	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 drawn	aux:pass
15	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 learned	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	proceed	present	His glovemaking		slowly property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	learn	present · perfect	glovemaking			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	draw	may · passive		all objects		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

His glovemaking proceeds slowly, as he has learned that all objects may be drawn, and his master is growing angry about it every day

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 glovemaking	nmod:poss
2	glovemaking	glovemaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceeds	nsubj
3	proceeds	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 proceeds	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 learned	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 learned	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 learned	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 learned	aux
9	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 proceeds	parataxis
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 drawn	mark
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 objects	det
12	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 drawn	nsubj:pass
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 drawn	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 drawn	aux:pass
15	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 learned	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 growing	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 growing	cc
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 master	nmod:poss
19	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 growing	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 growing	aux
21	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 proceeds	advcl
22	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 growing	xcomp
23	about	about	ADP	_	24 it	case
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 angry	obl
25	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	26 day	det
26	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceeds	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	present	His glovemaking		day	slowly property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	learn	present · perfect	glovemaking				vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	draw	may · passive		all objects			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	grow	present · progressive	glovemaking's master			angry property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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