Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mo…

In what manner did the father stork occupy his position upon the roof of the last house?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: father stork · What happens: do, occupy · To what, where: manner, position

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stork	det
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stork	compound
7	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 occupy	nsubj
8	occupy	occupy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	ccomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 position	nmod:poss
10	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 occupy	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 roof	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 roof	det
13	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 occupy	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 house	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 house	det
16	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 house	amod
17	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 roof	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past				what manner			tree rules
2	occupy	infinitive	the father stork	stork's position				upon the roof of the last house	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus position=Experiencer

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

He balanced on one leg, frozen like a statue

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 balanced	nsubj
2	balanced	balance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 leg	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 leg	nummod
5	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 balanced	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 frozen	punct
7	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 leg	acl
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 statue	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 statue	det
10	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 frozen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	balance	past	He			one leg			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on leg=Location
2	freeze	participle		one leg not said here				like a statue	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He stood upright on one leg on the chimney, motionless as if carved from wood and stone

The tree, 17 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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upright	upright	ADV	_	2 stood	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 leg	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 leg	nummod
6	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 chimney	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chimney	det
9	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 motionless	punct
11	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 chimney	amod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 carved	mark
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 carved	mark
14	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stood	advcl
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 wood	case
16	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 carved	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 stone	cc
18	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wood	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	He			one leg		on the chimney; upright property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location
2	carve	participle	He not said here			wood and stone			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He stood on the roof, quiet as a statue there

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 roof	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 roof	det
5	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 quiet	punct
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stood	conj
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 statue	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 statue	det
10	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 stood	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	He			the roof; there		as a statue	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He stood upright on one leg, motionless as if carved

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upright	upright	ADV	_	2 stood	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 leg	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 leg	nummod
6	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 motionless	punct
8	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 leg	amod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 carved	mark
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 carved	mark
11	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stood	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	He			one leg		upright property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location
2	carve	participle	He not said here						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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