Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Saucy Boy, part 1: a stormy ni…

In what manner did the aged poet receive the unclothed child on the evening of the storm?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aged poet · What happens: receive, unclothe · To what, where: unclothed child, manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 970 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Saucy Boy, part 1: a stormy night, a wet boy named Cupid, a shot straight to the poet's heart» 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 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receive	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 receive	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 poet	det
6	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 poet	amod
7	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receive	nsubj
8	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 child	det
10	unclothed	unclothe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 child	amod
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receive	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 evening	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 evening	det
14	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receive	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 storm	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 storm	det
17	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 evening	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 receive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past · do-support	the aged poet	the unclothed child		what manner	evening		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent child=Theme in manner=Location
2	unclothe	participle							vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

He admitted him and warmed him by the fire

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 admitted	nsubj
2	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 admitted	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 warmed	cc
5	warmed	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 admitted	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 warmed	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 fire	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fire	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	past	He	him = he					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	warm	past	He not said here	him = he				by the fire	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

He let him in and gave him a warm drink

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 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	2 let	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gave	cc
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 let	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 drink	det
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 drink	amod
10	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in	past	He	him = he					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	give	past	He not said here	a warm drink	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient drink=Theme

Option 3

He let him in, gave him clothes and sat him by the fire until morning

The tree, 15 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 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	in	in	ADV	_	2 let	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gave	punct
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 let	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 gave	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sat	cc
10	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 let	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sat	obj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 fire	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fire	det
14	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sat	obl
15	until	until	ADP	_	16 morning	case
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	let in	past	He	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	give	past	He not said here	clothes	him = he			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clothes=Theme
3	sit	past	He not said here	him = he		morning	by the fire	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme by fire=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He welcomed him and dried his clothes out

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 welcomed	nsubj
2	welcomed	welcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 welcomed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 dried	cc
5	dried	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 welcomed	conj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 clothes	nmod:poss
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 dried	obj
8	out	out	ADV	_	5 dried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	welcome	past	He	him = he					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	dry out	past	He not said here	his clothes				out property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient clothes=Result

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