Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony die…

By what means did the mayor first become aware of the nature of the nightcap?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, become · To what, where: mayor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 918 «Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony dies alone, and his tears are found in a nightcap» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mayor	det
6	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 become	advmod
8	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	advcl
9	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 become	xcomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 nature	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nature	det
12	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 aware	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 nightcap	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 nightcap	det
15	nightcap	nightcap	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nature	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the mayor		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mayor=Eventuality
3	become	present		aware, first property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

A bird told him about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	a bird		him = he			about it	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about it=Topic

Option 2

Pearls fell out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 fell	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall out	past	Pearls						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Pearls rolled out upon its removal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Pearls	acl
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 rolled	compound:prt
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 removal	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 removal	nmod:poss
6	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rolled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll out	participle		Pearls not said here		its removal			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon removal=Trajectory
2	remove		its = it						nom removal «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He read it in a book

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 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 read	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 book	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 book	det
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	He	it		a book			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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