Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick…

Which of the following statements, concerning the condition of the fourth pea after it fell into the sink, is the most accurate account of the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: following statements, condition · What happens: follow, concern, fall, be, condition · To what, where: condition, sink, accurate account, fourth pea

This is exam question 2 of lesson 937 «Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick girl's window and gives her hope» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 statements	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 concerning	punct
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 condition	det
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 pea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pea	det
12	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 pea	amod
13	pea	pea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 condition	nmod
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 fell	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fell	nsubj
16	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 pea	advcl
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 sink	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sink	det
19	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fell	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 account	punct
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 account	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 account	det
23	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	24 accurate	advmod
24	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 account	amod
25	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 statements	conj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 text	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 text	det
28	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 account	nmod
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 statements	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the following statements and the accurate account not said here	the condition of the fourth pea		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus condition=Experiencer
3	fall	past	condition		into the sink result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sink=Result
4	is a	present		the accurate account	of the text	tree rules
5	condition			the fourth pea		nom condition «state transitive»: of=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

After falling in, it rested in the grimy water for only a short time before the maid carefully removed it and threw it outside

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	2 falling	mark
2	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 rested	advcl
3	in	in	ADV	_	2 falling	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 falling	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rested	nsubj
6	rested	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
9	grimy	grimy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rested	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	15 time	case
12	only	only	ADV	_	15 time	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 time	det
14	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 time	amod
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rested	obl
16	before	before	SCONJ	_	20 removed	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 maid	det
18	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 removed	nsubj
19	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	20 removed	advmod
20	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rested	advcl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 removed	obj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 threw	cc
23	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rested	conj
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 threw	obj
25	outside	outside	ADV	_	23 threw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall in	gerund						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	rest	past	it		the grimy water	time		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location
3	remove	past	the maid	water			carefully property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	throw	past		water			outside property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

It lay in the dirty water for days and weeks, and then it was eaten by a sparrow who had come to drink from the sink

The tree, 26 words

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	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
5	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 days	case
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lay	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 weeks	cc
10	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 days	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 eaten	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 eaten	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 eaten	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 eaten	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 eaten	aux:pass
16	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lay	conj
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 sparrow	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 sparrow	det
19	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 eaten	obl
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 come	nsubj
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 come	aux
22	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 sparrow	acl:relcl
23	to	to	PART	_	24 drink	mark
24	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 come	xcomp
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 sink	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 sink	det
27	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	lie	past	It		the dirty water	day	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location
2	eat	past · passive	a sparrow	water		then	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
3	come	past · perfect	a sparrow				tree rules
4	drink	to-infinitive	a sparrow not said here		the sink		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from sink=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It lay in dirty water for days and weeks until it had swelled to a great size

The tree, 17 words

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	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 days	case
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lay	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 weeks	cc
9	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 days	conj
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 swelled	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 swelled	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 swelled	aux
13	swelled	swell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lay	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 size	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 size	det
16	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 size	amod
17	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 swelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	It			dirty water	day		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location
2	swell	past · perfect · passive		water				to a great size result	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent to size=Result

Option 4

It floated in dirty water for some days before it finally sprouted green shoots

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	2 floated	nsubj
2	floated	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 floated	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 days	case
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 days	det
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 floated	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 sprouted	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sprouted	nsubj
11	finally	finally	ADV	_	12 sprouted	advmod
12	sprouted	sprout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 floated	advcl
13	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 shoots	amod
14	shoots	shoot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sprouted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	past	It			dirty water	day		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Trajectory
2	sprout	past	water	green shoots				finally property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shoot=Source

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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