Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 219…

Describe the manner in which the king's garden was adorned, and state what the human remains in the flower-pots represented.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, adorn, represent · To what, where: manner, garden, state

This is exam question 2 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 adorned	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 garden	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 adorned	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 adorned	aux:pass
11	adorned	adorn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 represented	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 represented	cc
14	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 represented	nsubj:pass
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 represented	nsubj:pass
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 remains	det
17	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 remains	amod
18	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	24 represented	nsubj:pass
19	in	in	ADP	_	23 pots	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 pots	det
21	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 pots	compound
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 flower	punct
23	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 remains	nmod
24	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Describe	advcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	adorn	past · passive		the king's garden	in the manner	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in which=Theme
3	represent	participle · passive		state		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: 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

Skulls in pots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Skulls	skull	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 pots	case
3	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Skulls	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Bones on trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 trees	case
3	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bones	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Silver bells hung from the trees, and red roses in the flower-pots represented the king's lost love

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bells	compound
2	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 represented	nsubj
3	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bells	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 trees	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trees	det
6	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hung	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 bells	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 roses	cc
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 roses	amod
10	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bells	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	15 pots	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pots	det
13	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pots	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 flower	punct
15	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bells	nmod
16	represented	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 king	det
18	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lost	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 lost	aux:pass
20	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 represented	ccomp
21	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hang	participle		Silver bells in the flower pots and red roses not said here	the trees	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	represent	past	Silver bells in the flower pots and red roses			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	lose	present · passive		the king		tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Skeletons hung from the trees, and skulls in the flower-pots represented the dead suitors

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Skeletons	skeleton	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 represented	nsubj
2	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Skeletons	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 trees	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trees	det
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hung	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 represented	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 represented	cc
8	skulls	skull	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 represented	nsubj
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 pots	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pots	det
11	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pots	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 flower	punct
13	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 skulls	nmod
14	represented	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 suitors	det
16	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 suitors	amod
17	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 represented	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	participle		Skeletons not said here		the trees			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	represent	past	Skeletons	the dead suitors					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot suitor=Theme

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.

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