Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sw…

What repair was made to the Chinaman's body, and what limitation resulted from it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: make, limitation, result · To what, where: repair, limitation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 repair	det
2	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 body	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Chinaman	det
7	Chinaman	Chinaman	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 body	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Chinaman	case
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 limitation	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 limitation	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 limitation	nsubj
13	limitation	limitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
14	resulted	result	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 limitation	acl
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 resulted	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive	what repair		to the Chinaman's body	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	limitation					tree rules
3	result	participle	limitation not said here	repair		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

a rivet through the back, which stopped walking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rivet	det
2	rivet	rivet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stopped	nsubj
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 back	det
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rivet	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stopped	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stopped	nsubj
8	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stopped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	a rivet through the back						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	walk	gerund	a rivet through the back not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

a patch on the leg, which made him limp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 patch	det
2	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 leg	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 leg	det
5	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 patch	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 made	nsubj
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 made	obj
10	limp	limp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	a patch on the leg	him = he					tree rules
2	limp	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

a rivet through the neck, which prevented nodding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rivet	det
2	rivet	rivet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prevented	nsubj
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 neck	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 neck	det
5	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rivet	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prevented	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 prevented	nsubj
8	prevented	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	nodding	nod	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 prevented	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	past	a rivet through the neck						vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality
2	nod	gerund	a rivet through the neck not said here						vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

two rivets through the neck and back, which stopped nodding and turning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 rivets	nummod
2	rivets	rivet	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stopped	nsubj
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 neck	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 neck	det
5	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rivets	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 back	cc
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 neck	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stopped	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 stopped	nsubj
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	nodding	nod	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stopped	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 turning	cc
13	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 nodding	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	stop	past	two rivets through the neck	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	nod	gerund	two rivets through the neck not said here	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	turn	gerund	two rivets through the neck not said here	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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