Exam question 3 · pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken mind is taken into a…

What immediate cause is given for the church being buried?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, bury · To what, where: church

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 given	nsubj:pass
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cause	amod
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 given	aux:pass
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 church	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 church	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 buried	aux:pass
10	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 church	acl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive						for the church	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for church=Asset
2	bury	gerund · passive		the church not said here					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»

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 storm's accumulated drifts of sand that had piled against the walls for years

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drifts	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 storm	case
4	accumulated	accumulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 drifts	amod
5	drifts	drift	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 piled	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 sand	case
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 piled	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 piled	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 piled	aux
10	piled	pile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	against	against	ADP	_	13 walls	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 walls	det
13	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 piled	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 years	case
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 piled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accumulate	participle						vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pile	past · perfect · passive		the storm's accumulated drifts	the walls	year	of sand	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme against wall=Destination
3	drift		the storm					nom drift «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The storm's accumulated drifts of sand gathered over many years of neglect and wind

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drifts	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 storm	case
4	accumulated	accumulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 drifts	amod
5	drifts	drift	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 sand	case
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drifts	nmod
8	gathered	gather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 drifts	acl
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 years	case
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 years	amod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gathered	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 neglect	case
13	neglect	neglect	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 years	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wind	cc
15	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 neglect	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	accumulate	participle				vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	gather	participle		the storm's accumulated drifts of sand not said here	year	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	drift		the storm	sand		nom drift «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The storm's accumulated drifts of sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drifts	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 storm	case
4	accumulated	accumulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 drifts	amod
5	drifts	drift	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 sand	case
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drifts	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accumulate	participle							vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drift		the storm	sand					nom drift «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

Heavy rain that softened the old walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rain	amod
2	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 softened	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 softened	nsubj
4	softened	soften	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 walls	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 walls	amod
7	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 softened	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soften	past	Heavy rain	the old walls					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wall=Patient

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