Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mo…

Which of the following, by the reasoning of the narrator, best describes the outcome of the sausage skewer soup?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: follow, describe, reason · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 1 of lesson 992 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mouse's adventures end in a wedding and a critics' complaint, then storks appear on a roof» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 reasoning	punct
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 reasoning	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reasoning	det
8	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 following	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 narrator	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 narrator	det
11	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reasoning	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 describes	punct
13	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 describes	amod
14	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 outcome	det
16	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 describes	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	21 soup	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 soup	det
19	sausage	sausage	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 skewer	compound
20	skewer	skewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 soup	compound
21	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 outcome	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			by the reasoning of the narrator	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by reasoning=Location
2	describe	present		the outcome of the skewer soup		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
3	reason		the narrator			nom reasoning «cognition intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

The mouse-king ran away from the soup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 king	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 mouse	punct
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ran	nsubj
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 ran	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 soup	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 soup	det
9	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ran	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	the mouse king			the soup		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from soup=Trajectory

Option 2

The mouse-king agreed to marry the mouse after his tail was burned by the steam

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 king	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 mouse	punct
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 burned	nsubj:pass
5	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 king	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 marry	mark
7	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 agreed	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mouse	det
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 marry	obj
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 tail	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tail	nmod:poss
12	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 marry	obl
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 burned	aux:pass
14	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 steam	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 steam	det
17	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	participle		the mouse king not said here		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive		the mouse	after king's tail	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient
3	burn	past · passive	the steam	the mouse king		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The mouse-king accepted marriage with the mouse as a consequence of scalding his tail

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	4 king	det
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 king	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 mouse	punct
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 marriage	nsubj
5	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 marriage	amod
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 mouse	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mouse	det
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 marriage	nmod
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 consequence	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 consequence	det
12	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 marriage	nmod
13	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 scalding	mark
14	scalding	scald	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 consequence	acl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 tail	nmod:poss
16	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 scalding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	participle							vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	scald	gerund	a consequence not said here	king's tail					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Option 4

The mouse-king refused to wed the mouse, though his tail was scalded at the kettle

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 king	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 mouse	punct
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refused	nsubj
5	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 wed	mark
7	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 refused	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mouse	det
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wed	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 scalded	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 scalded	mark
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 tail	nmod:poss
13	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 scalded	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 scalded	aux:pass
15	scalded	scald	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 refused	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 kettle	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 kettle	det
18	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 scalded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	refuse	past	the mouse king			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not wed	to-infinitive	the mouse king not said here	the mouse		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient
3	scald	past · passive		king's tail	the kettle	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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