Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 219…

Which object did the fellow-traveller request as payment for the ointment application, and by whom was it worn?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, wear · To what, where: fellow traveller request, object

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1008 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 219: John meets the princess and sees the garden of dead suitors» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 request	det
5	fellow	fellow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 request	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 fellow	punct
7	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 request	compound
8	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 payment	case
10	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 request	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 application	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 application	det
13	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 application	compound
14	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 payment	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 worn	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 worn	cc
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 whom	case
18	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 worn	obl
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 worn	aux:pass
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 worn	nsubj
21	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 did	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the fellow traveller request				as payment for the ointment application	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality
2	wear	past · passive		object					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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

The showman's sword, which he carried at his belt through every town on the road to the palace gates

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 showman	det
2	showman	showman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sword	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 showman	case
4	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	nsubj:outer
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 carried	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 carried	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 carried	nsubj
8	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 belt	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 belt	nmod:poss
11	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	obl
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 town	case
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 town	det
14	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 road	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 road	det
17	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	obl
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 gates	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gates	det
20	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 gates	compound
21	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the showman's sword			sword's belt		through every town; on the road; to the palace gates	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme to gate=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The showman's gold ring, worn on his finger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 showman	det
2	showman	showman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ring	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 showman	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ring	compound
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 worn	punct
7	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ring	acl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 finger	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 finger	nmod:poss
10	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	participle		the showman's gold ring not said here		his finger			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The showman's sword, worn by the showman at his side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 showman	det
2	showman	showman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sword	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 showman	case
4	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 worn	punct
6	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sword	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 showman	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 showman	det
9	showman	showman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worn	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 side	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 side	nmod:poss
12	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 showman	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	participle		the showman's sword not said here				by the showman at his side	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The showman's sword, worn by the showman at his side, along with all of his silver coins and his horse

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 showman	det
2	showman	showman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sword	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 showman	case
4	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worn	nsubj:pass
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 worn	punct
6	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 showman	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 showman	det
9	showman	showman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worn	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 side	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 side	nmod:poss
12	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 showman	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 all	punct
14	along	along	ADP	_	16 all	case
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 worn	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 coins	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 coins	nmod:poss
19	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 coins	compound
20	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 all	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 horse	cc
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 horse	nmod:poss
23	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 coins	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	participle · passive	the showman at his side	the showman's sword					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Source
2	coin		his = he						nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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