Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon sh…

Subsequent to the actor's second performance, what disposition was made of his corpse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: actor · What happens: make, perform · To what, where: second performance

This is exam question 2 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	Subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 performance	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 Subsequent	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 actor	det
4	actor	actor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 performance	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 actor	case
6	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 performance	amod
7	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 made	nsubj:pass
10	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux:pass
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 performance	acl:relcl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 corpse	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 corpse	nmod:poss
15	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 performance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		the actor's second performance				of his corpse	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	perform		the actor						nom performance «communication 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

It was thrown into the Tiber river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
6	Tiber	Tiber	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 river	compound
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		It				into the Tiber river result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into river=Result

Option 2

It was burned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 burned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	aux:pass
3	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past · passive		It					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was interred in a corner of the churchyard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 interred	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 interred	aux:pass
3	interred	inter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 corner	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 corner	det
6	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interred	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 churchyard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 churchyard	det
9	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 corner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inter	past · passive		It		a corner of the churchyard			tree rules

Option 4

It was left unburied in the open street square

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 unburied	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 unburied	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 unburied	aux:pass
4	unburied	unbury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 square	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 square	det
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 square	amod
8	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 square	compound
9	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unburied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unbury	past · passive		It		the open street square			tree rules

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