Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw com…

Which of the following accurately identifies the cause of the yard-dog's confinement to the chain?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: yard dog · What happens: follow, identify, cause, confine · To what, where: cause, confinement

This is exam question 2 of lesson 977 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw comes, and the Snow Man longs for the stove» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	15 confinement	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dog	det
11	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dog	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 yard	punct
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 confinement	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 dog	case
15	confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cause	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 chain	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 chain	det
18	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the cause of the yard dog's confinement	to the chain; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent cause=Theme to chain=be'
3	cause			the yard dog's confinement		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
4	confine		the yard dog			nom confinement «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

for chasing the youngest son

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	for	for	SCONJ	_	2 chasing	mark
2	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 son	det
4	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 son	amod
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chasing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	gerund		the youngest son					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme

Option 2

for stealing the master's bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	for	for	SCONJ	_	2 stealing	mark
2	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 master	det
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bread	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 master	case
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	gerund		the master's bread					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bread=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

having bitten the youngest son of his master

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 bitten	aux
2	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 son	det
4	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 son	amod
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bitten	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 master	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 master	nmod:poss
8	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 son	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	gerund · perfect		the youngest son of his master					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient

Option 4

for barking loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	for	for	SCONJ	_	2 barking	mark
2	barking	bark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 barking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	gerund						loudly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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