Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old g…

With reference to the passage, explain why the road-inspectors caused the old house of the couple to be demolished.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, road inspectors · What happens: explain, cause, demolish · To what, where: old house · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 920 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old grave-stone is remembered, and a new tale begins with an old house and a leaking dragon gutter» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 explain	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 caused	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 inspectors	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 inspectors	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 road	punct
12	inspectors	inspector	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 caused	nsubj
13	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 explain	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 house	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 house	amod
16	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 caused	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 couple	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 couple	det
19	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 house	nmod
20	to	to	PART	_	22 demolished	mark
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 demolished	aux:pass
22	demolished	demolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 caused	advcl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		with reference to the passage	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cause	past	the road inspectors	the old house of the couple		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition house=Patient
3	demolish	to-infinitive · passive	the road inspectors not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

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 · ✓ the right answer

The house was judged too old and rotten to stand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 judged	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 judged	aux:pass
4	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 old	advmod
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 judged	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rotten	cc
8	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 old	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 stand	mark
10	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 rotten	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past · passive		the house				old property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
2	stand	to-infinitive							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It was too old

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 old	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 old	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 old	advmod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					old property	tree rules

Option 3

The inspectors wanted the land for the new road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 inspectors	det
2	inspectors	inspector	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 land	det
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 road	amod
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the inspectors	the land				for the new road	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot land=Theme

Option 4

The authorities declared the old timbers unsafe for living

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 authorities	det
2	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 declared	nsubj
3	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 timbers	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 timbers	amod
6	timbers	timber	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 declared	obj
7	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 timbers	amod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 living	case
9	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unsafe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	the authorities	the old timbers					vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent timber=Attribute

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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