Exam question 3 · Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and…

According to the narrator, what was the effect of the blood-marks upon Jurgen's sleeve in the proceedings against him?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: accord, be · To what, where: effect

This is exam question 3 of lesson 966 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and is jailed for Martin's murder» 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 narrator	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrator	det
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 effect	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 effect	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 effect	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 effect	det
9	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrator	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 marks	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 marks	det
12	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 marks	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 blood	punct
14	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 effect	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 sleeve	case
16	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 sleeve	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Jurgen	case
18	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 marks	nmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 proceedings	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 proceedings	det
21	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	18 sleeve	nmod
22	against	against	ADP	_	23 him	case
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 proceedings	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 narrator	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the narrator and the effect	the effect				of the blood marks upon Jurgen's sleeve in the proceedings against Jurgen	tree rules

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

they served as damning evidence against him in court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 served	nsubj
2	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 damning	mark
4	damning	damn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 served	advcl
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damning	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 evidence	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 court	case
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	they						vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	damn	gerund	they not said here	evidence		court		against him = he	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme

Option 2

they were seen as a small clue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seen	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	aux:pass
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 clue	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 clue	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clue	amod
7	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · passive		they				as a small clue	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as clue=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

they served as damning evidence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 served	nsubj
2	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 damning	mark
4	damning	damn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 served	advcl
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	they						vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	damn	gerund	they not said here	evidence					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

they proved his innocence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proved	nsubj
2	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 innocence	nmod:poss
4	innocence	innocence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past	they	his innocence					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innocence=Theme

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