Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon sh…

Pursuant to the narrative, by what means did the vanquished actor contemplate ending his existence?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: narrative, vanquished actor, actor · What happens: mean, vanquish, contemplate, end, exist · To what, where: existence · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 narrative	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 narrative	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 means	mark
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 contemplate	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 actor	det
11	vanquished	vanquish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 actor	amod
12	actor	actor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 contemplate	nsubj
13	contemplate	contemplate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 means	ccomp
14	ending	end	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 contemplate	csubj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 existence	nmod:poss
16	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ending	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	the narrative		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	vanquish	participle			tree rules
3	contemplate	past · do-support	the vanquished actor		vn focus-87.1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
4	end	gerund		actor's existence	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality existence=Eventuality
5	exist		actor		nom existence «state intransitive»: 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

By drowning in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 drowning	mark
2	drowning	drown	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drowning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	gerund				the river			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He weighed the blade and the rope while sitting alone by the fire

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 weighed	nsubj
2	weighed	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 blade	det
4	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weighed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rope	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rope	det
7	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blade	conj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 sitting	mark
9	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 weighed	advcl
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 sitting	advmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 fire	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fire	det
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	past	He	the blade and the rope					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme blade=Value
2	sit	gerund	He not said here					by the fire; alone property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location

Option 3

He chose the sword

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 chose	nsubj
2	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sword	det
4	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	He	the sword					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme

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

He considered hanging or poison, examining his face in the glass

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 considered	nsubj
2	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 considered	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 poison	cc
5	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hanging	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 examining	punct
7	examining	examine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 hanging	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 face	nmod:poss
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 examining	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 glass	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 glass	det
12	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 examining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	consider	past	He			vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	hang	gerund	He not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	examine	gerund	He not said here	his face	the glass	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme

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