Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 2…

Which of the following is the reason the mouse-king gave for wishing to hear about the preparation of the soup?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mouse king · What happens: follow, be, give, wish, hear, prepare · To what, where: reason, soup

This is exam question 3 of lesson 990 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 201: the elves' glittering maypole and feast, the violet staff and noisy kitchen, then the second mouse sets out to become a poet» 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	7 reason	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 reason	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 reason	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reason	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 king	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 mouse	punct
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	nsubj
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reason	acl:relcl
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 wishing	mark
14	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 gave	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 hear	mark
16	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 wishing	xcomp
17	about	about	ADP	_	19 preparation	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 preparation	det
19	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hear	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 soup	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 soup	det
22	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 preparation	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the reason	tree rules
3	give	past	the mouse king	the reason not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
4	wish	gerund	the mouse king not said here			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	hear not said to happen	to-infinitive	the mouse king not said here		about the preparation of the soup	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about preparation=Stimulus
6	prepare			the soup		nom preparation «act transitive»: of=patient

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 judged the previous demonstration to be strange and incomplete

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 judged	nsubj
2	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 demonstration	det
4	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 demonstration	amod
5	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 judged	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 strange	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 strange	cop
8	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 judged	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 incomplete	cc
10	incomplete	incomplete	ADV	_	8 strange	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past	He	the previous demonstration					vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent demonstration=Value
2	is	to-infinitive	He not said here					strange property	tree rules

Option 2

He thought the previous demonstration was strange and incomplete, and wanted every step explained again slowly

The tree, 16 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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 demonstration	det
4	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 demonstration	amod
5	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strange	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 strange	cop
7	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 incomplete	cc
9	incomplete	incomplete	ADV	_	7 strange	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wanted	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wanted	cc
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	parataxis
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 step	det
14	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 explained	nsubj
15	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 wanted	ccomp
16	again	again	ADV	_	15 explained	advmod
17	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	15 explained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the previous demonstration		strange property	tree rules
3	want	past				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	explain speech: assert	past	every step	again	slowly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He was curious about the violets and the kettle

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	3 curious	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 curious	cop
3	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 violets	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 violets	det
6	violets	violet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 curious	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kettle	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kettle	det
9	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 violets	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					about the violets and the kettle; curious property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He judged the previous demonstration to be strange and incomplete, so he wished to hear the whole recipe again

The tree, 19 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 judged	nsubj
2	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 demonstration	det
4	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 demonstration	amod
5	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 judged	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 strange	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 strange	cop
8	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 judged	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 incomplete	cc
10	incomplete	incomplete	ADV	_	8 strange	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wished	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 wished	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wished	nsubj
14	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 judged	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 hear	mark
16	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 wished	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 recipe	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 recipe	amod
19	recipe	recipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hear	obj
20	again	again	ADV	_	16 hear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past	He	the previous demonstration			vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent demonstration=Value
2	is	to-infinitive	He not said here			strange property	tree rules
3	wish	past	he				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	hear not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the whole recipe	again		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer recipe=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/990-pg27200-part201/e3/