Exam question 3 · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179…

Which object inflicted the injury to Jurgen, and in what condition was Clara when the fishermen recovered her?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, condition, fishermen · What happens: inflict, be, recover · To what, where: injury, Jurgen, Clara, object

This is exam question 3 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inflicted	nsubj
3	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 injury	det
5	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inflicted	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Jurgen	case
7	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 inflicted	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 recovered	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 recovered	cc
10	in	in	ADP	_	14 Clara	case
11	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	12 condition	det
12	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Clara	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 Clara	cop
14	Clara	Clara	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 recovered	obl
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 recovered	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fishermen	det
17	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 recovered	nsubj
18	recovered	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 inflicted	conj
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 recovered	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 inflicted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	inflict	past	which object	the injury	Jurgen		tree rules
2	is	past	what condition			Clara	tree rules
3	recover	past	the fishermen	object			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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

A rock; Clara was pale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rock	det
2	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pale	nsubj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 rock	punct
4	Clara	Clara	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rock	appos
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pale	cop
6	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a rock					pale property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A flying plank end; Clara lay cold and quiet on the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 end	det
2	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 end	amod
3	plank	plank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 end	compound
4	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	obl:unmarked
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 end	punct
6	Clara	Clara	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 lay	nsubj
7	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lay	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 quiet	cc
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cold	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 sand	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sand	det
13	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lie	past	Clara	a flying plank end		the sand		cold property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on sand=Location

Option 3

A sharp iron hook; Clara was cold and still on the beach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hook	det
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hook	amod
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hook	compound
4	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 cold	punct
6	Clara	Clara	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 cold	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cold	cop
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hook	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 still	cc
10	still	still	ADV	_	8 cold	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 beach	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 beach	det
13	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Clara			the beach		cold property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An iron anchor edge; Clara was pale and lifeless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 edge	det
2	iron	iron	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 edge	amod
3	anchor	anchor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 edge	compound
4	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 pale	punct
6	Clara	Clara	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 pale	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 pale	cop
8	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 edge	acl:relcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lifeless	cc
10	lifeless	lifeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pale	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Clara	a iron anchor edge not said here				pale property	tree rules
2	be		Clara not said here						tree rules

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