Exam question 2 · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179…

To what extent did Jurgen's conduct at sea demonstrate the fortitude described in the song he had sung?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: extent, Jurgen · What happens: do, demonstrate, describe, sing, conduct · To what, where: conduct, sea, fortitude, song

This is exam question 2 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 demonstrate	obl
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 conduct	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Jurgen	case
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 sea	case
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
10	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fortitude	det
12	fortitude	fortitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 demonstrate	obj
13	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 fortitude	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 song	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 song	det
16	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 described	obl
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 sung	nsubj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 sung	aux
19	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 song	acl:relcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 demonstrate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	extent	Jurgen's conduct	sea	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Eventuality
2	demonstrate	present		the fortitude		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent fortitude=Topic to what=Recipient
3	describe	participle		the fortitude not said here	the song	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	sing speech: express	past · perfect	extent	the song not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
5	conduct		Jurgen			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

He stayed calm and sang the song while waiting for help to arrive

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	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sang	cc
5	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 song	det
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sang	obj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 waiting	mark
9	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sang	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 help	case
11	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 waiting	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 arrive	mark
13	arrive	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 waiting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He		calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sing speech: express	past	He not said here	the song		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
3	wait	gerund	He not said here		for help	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	arrive	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He held Clara

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	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Clara	Clara	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 held	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	He	Clara					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clara=Theme

Option 3

He swam away

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	2 swam	nsubj
2	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 swam	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim away	past	He					away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He held Clara fast and swam towards land despite his exhaustion

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	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Clara	Clara	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 held	obj
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 held	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 swam	cc
6	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 held	conj
7	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 land	case
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swam	obl
9	despite	despite	ADP	_	11 exhaustion	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 exhaustion	nmod:poss
11	exhaustion	exhaustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hold	past	He	Clara		fast property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clara=Theme
2	swim	past	He not said here		land	despite Clara's exhaustion	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards land=Destination
3	exhaust		Clara				nom exhaustion «state transitive»: poss=agent

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