Exam question 4 · Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then s…

According to the passage, what was the age of the protagonist upon his departure to sea, and what office did he assume aboard the vessel?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage, office, his · What happens: accord, be, assume, depart · To what, where: age, passage

This is exam question 4 of lesson 964 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then sails out and sees a Spanish city» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 age	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 age	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 age	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 age	det
9	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 protagonist	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 protagonist	det
12	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 age	nmod
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 departure	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 departure	nmod:poss
15	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 protagonist	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 sea	case
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 departure	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 assume	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 assume	cc
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 assume	obj
21	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 did	nsubj
22	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 assume	aux
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 assume	nsubj
24	assume	assume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 passage	conj
25	aboard	aboard	ADP	_	27 vessel	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 vessel	det
27	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 assume	obl
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the passage and the age	the age	of the protagonist upon his departure to sea	tree rules
3	assume	past · do-support	office	the passage and the age	aboard the vessel	vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
4	depart		his = he		to sea	nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

He was not yet fourteen years of age, and he became a ship-boy.

The tree, 14 words

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	6 years	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 years	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 years	advmod
4	yet	yet	ADV	_	5 fourteen	advmod
5	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 years	nummod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 age	case
8	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 years	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 became	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 became	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 became	nsubj
12	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 years	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 boy	det
14	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 boy	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 ship	punct
16	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 became	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 years	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	He	fourteen years			of age		tree rules
2	become	past	he	a ship boy					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He was not yet fourteen years of age when he left home, and he became a ship-boy who scrubbed the decks.

The tree, 22 words

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	6 years	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 years	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 years	advmod
4	yet	yet	ADV	_	5 fourteen	advmod
5	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 years	nummod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 age	case
8	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 years	nmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 left	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 left	nsubj
11	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 years	parataxis
12	home	home	ADV	_	11 left	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 became	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 became	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 became	nsubj
16	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 left	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 boy	det
18	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 boy	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 ship	punct
20	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 became	xcomp
21	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 scrubbed	nsubj
22	scrubbed	scrub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 boy	acl:relcl
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 decks	det
24	decks	deck	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 scrubbed	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 years	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	He	fourteen years	of age		tree rules
2	leave	past	he			home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	become	past	he	a ship boy			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	scrub	past	a ship boy	the decks			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent deck=Source

Option 3

He was about twenty years of age, and he became a captain.

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	5 years	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 years	cop
3	about	about	ADV	_	4 twenty	advmod
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 years	nummod
5	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 became	obl:unmarked
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 age	case
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 years	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 became	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 became	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 became	nsubj
11	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 captain	det
13	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 became	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	twenty years			of age		tree rules
2	become	past	he	a captain					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He was not yet sixteen years of age, and he became a cook.

The tree, 13 words

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	6 years	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 years	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 years	advmod
4	yet	yet	ADV	_	5 sixteen	advmod
5	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 years	nummod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 age	case
8	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 years	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 became	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 became	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 became	nsubj
12	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 years	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cook	det
14	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 became	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 years	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	He	sixteen years			of age		tree rules
2	become	past	he	a cook					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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