Exam question 4 · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179…

What was the physician's opinion regarding Jurgen's prospects on the third day of his illness?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jurgen · What happens: be, regard, prospect · To what, where: opinion

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 opinion	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 opinion	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 physician	det
4	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opinion	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 physician	case
6	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 prospects	case
8	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 prospects	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Jurgen	case
10	prospects	prospect	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 opinion	nmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 day	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 day	det
13	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 day	amod
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prospects	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 illness	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 illness	nmod:poss
17	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 day	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 opinion	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the physician's opinion		regard Jurgen's prospects on the third day of Jurgen's illness	tree rules
2	regard	gerund					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	prospect		Jurgen		on the third day of Jurgen's illness		nom prospect «state transitive»: poss=agent on=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

He stated that it would be better if the thread of life broke and the boy were allowed to rest in peace at last

The tree, 24 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	2 stated	nsubj
2	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 better	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 better	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 better	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 better	cop
7	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 stated	ccomp
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 broke	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thread	det
10	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 broke	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 life	case
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thread	nmod
13	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 better	advcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 allowed	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 boy	det
16	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 allowed	nsubj:pass
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 allowed	aux:pass
18	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stated	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 rest	mark
20	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 allowed	xcomp
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 peace	case
22	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 rest	obl
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 last	case
24	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	past	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	would	it			good property	tree rules
3	break a condition, not said to happen	past	the thread of life				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	allow	past · passive		the boy			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
5	rest not said to happen	to-infinitive	the boy not said here		peace	at last	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location

Option 2

He believed the illness would pass if the fever broke soon

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 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 illness	det
4	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pass	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 pass	aux
6	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believed	ccomp
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 broke	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fever	det
9	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 broke	nsubj
10	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pass	advcl
11	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 broke	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	believe	past	He		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	pass	would	the illness		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	break a condition, not said to happen	past	the fever	soon property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

He stated that it would be far better if the thread of life broke quickly, since the fever had taken everything from him and nothing could be done further

The tree, 29 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	2 stated	nsubj
2	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 better	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 better	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 better	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 better	cop
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 better	advmod
8	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 stated	ccomp
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 broke	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 thread	det
11	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 broke	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 life	case
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thread	nmod
14	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 better	advcl
15	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	14 broke	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 taken	punct
17	since	since	SCONJ	_	21 taken	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fever	det
19	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 taken	nsubj:pass
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 taken	aux
21	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stated	parataxis
22	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	21 taken	obj
23	from	from	ADP	_	24 him	case
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 taken	obl
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 done	cc
26	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	29 done	nsubj:pass
27	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 done	aux
28	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 done	aux:pass
29	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 taken	conj
30	further	further	ADV	_	29 done	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	would	it		far, good property	tree rules
3	break a condition, not said to happen	past	the thread of life		quickly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	take	past · perfect · passive		the fever	from thread	tree rules
5	do	could · passive		nothing	further property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He stated that it would be better if the thread of life broke

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 stated	nsubj
2	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 better	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 better	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 better	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 better	cop
7	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 stated	ccomp
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 broke	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thread	det
10	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 broke	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 life	case
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thread	nmod
13	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 better	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	past	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	would	it	good property	tree rules
3	break a condition, not said to happen	past	the thread of life		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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