Exam question 1 · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179…

Which vessel, namely the Karen Bronne, was observed by Merchant Bronne from the lighthouse, and on what occasion did it founder?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Merchant · What happens: observe, founder · To what, where: vessel, lighthouse

This is exam question 1 of lesson 968 «Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179: the shipwreck and Clara's death» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 vessel	det
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observed	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 namely	punct
4	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 vessel	amod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Bronne	det
6	Karen	Karen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Bronne	compound
7	Bronne	Bronne	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 namely	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 vessel	punct
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 observed	aux:pass
10	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 Merchant	case
12	Merchant	Merchant	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 observed	obl:agent
13	Bronne	Bronne	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Merchant	flat
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 lighthouse	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 lighthouse	det
16	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observed	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 founder	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 founder	cc
19	on	on	SCONJ	_	22 did	mark
20	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	21 occasion	det
21	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 did	nsubj
22	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 founder	aux
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 did	obj
24	founder	founder	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 observed	parataxis
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 observed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	past · passive	Merchant	which vessel		the lighthouse			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	founder	past · do-support							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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It foundered after a plank gave way and the water rushed in

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 foundered	nsubj
2	foundered	founder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 gave	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 plank	det
5	plank	plank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 foundered	advcl
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 water	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 way	conj
11	rushed	rush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 way	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	11 rushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	founder	past	It		tree rules
2	give	past	a plank	way and the water	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
3	rush in	participle		way and the water not said here	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It sank after the rudder jammed and the hull filled with the sea

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 sank	nsubj
2	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 rudder	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rudder	det
5	rudder	rudder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sank	obl
6	jammed	jam	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 rudder	acl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 filled	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hull	det
9	hull	hull	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 filled	nsubj
10	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 jammed	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 filled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	It		after the rudder		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	jam	participle		the rudder not said here			vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
3	fill	participle	the hull			with the sea	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sea=Instrument

Option 3

A plank broke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 plank	det
2	plank	plank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	a plank						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It foundered

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 foundered	nsubj
2	foundered	founder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

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

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