Exam question 1 · pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken mind is taken into a…

In what respect did Jurgen's condition differ from ordinary madness?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, Jurgen · What happens: do, differ, condition · To what, where: respect

This is exam question 1 of lesson 969 «pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken mind is taken into a sand-buried church where the dead hold his wedding» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 respect	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 respect	det
3	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 condition	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Jurgen	case
7	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 differ	nsubj
8	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 madness	case
10	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 madness	amod
11	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 differ	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	do	past		what respect		tree rules
2	differ	present	Jurgen's condition		from ordinary madness	vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from madness=Co-Theme
3	condition		Jurgen			nom condition «state 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 · ✓ the right answer

His body lived while his memory was severed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 body	nmod:poss
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 severed	mark
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 memory	nmod:poss
6	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 severed	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 severed	aux:pass
8	severed	sever	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lived	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	His body						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sever	past · passive		body's memory					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He ate and walked but lost his past life

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 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 walked	cc
4	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ate	conj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 lost	cc
6	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ate	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 life	nmod:poss
8	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 life	amod
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	eat	past	He		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk	past	He not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	lose	past	He not said here	his past life	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality

Option 3

Mind went blank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blank	blank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Mind					blank property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He was just crazy

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	4 crazy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crazy	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 crazy	advmod
4	crazy	crazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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