Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magi…

Which account of the traveller's identity is given at the close of the tale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: give, account · To what, where: account, close, identity

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1010 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magician's head, the swan, and the farewell» 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 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 identity	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 traveller	det
5	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identity	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 traveller	case
7	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 account	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 given	aux:pass
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 close	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 close	det
12	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 tale	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tale	det
15	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 close	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		which account of the traveller's identity		the close of the tale			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at close=Asset
2	account			the traveller's identity					nom account «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He stated that he was the dead man whom John had rescued from his coffin

The tree, 15 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 stated	nsubj
2	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 man	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 man	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 man	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stated	ccomp
9	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 rescued	nsubj:pass
10	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 rescued	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 rescued	aux
12	rescued	rescue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 man	acl:relcl
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 coffin	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 coffin	nmod:poss
15	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rescued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	the dead man		tree rules
3	rescue	past · perfect · passive		the dead man	John's coffin	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from coffin=Source

Option 2

He said he was a ghost

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ghost	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ghost	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ghost	det
6	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	a ghost					tree rules

Option 3

He confessed he was the magician's own brother, who had planned the whole test

The tree, 15 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 confessed	nsubj
2	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 brother	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 brother	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 magician	det
6	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brother	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 magician	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brother	amod
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confessed	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 planned	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 planned	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 planned	aux
13	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 brother	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 test	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 test	amod
16	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 planned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	confess	past	He		vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	the magician's own brother	tree rules
3	plan	past · perfect · passive		the magician's own brother	tree rules

Option 4

He was a traveller

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	4 traveller	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 traveller	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 traveller	det
4	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a traveller					tree rules

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