Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling fl…

Which of the following accurately identifies the setting of the second tale, the region around Kjoge?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify · To what, where: setting

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1014 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling flies to the swans, sees his own beauty, and is welcomed» 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	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 setting	det
8	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 tale	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tale	det
11	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 tale	amod
12	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 setting	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 region	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 region	det
15	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tale	appos
16	around	around	ADP	_	17 Kjoge	case
17	Kjoge	Kjoge	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 region	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the setting of the second tale				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent setting=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A bleak and flat coastal town with a stream and gardens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 town	det
2	bleak	bleak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 town	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 flat	cc
4	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bleak	conj
5	coastal	coastal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 town	amod
6	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 stream	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stream	det
9	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 town	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gardens	cc
11	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stream	conj

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

Option 2

A quiet mountain village with a lake and farms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 village	det
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 village	amod
3	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 village	compound
4	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 lake	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lake	det
7	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 village	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 farms	cc
9	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 village	conj

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

Option 3

A flat seaside town with fields and a river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 town	det
2	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 town	amod
3	seaside	seaside	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 town	compound
4	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 fields	case
6	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 town	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 river	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fields	conj

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

Option 4

A bleak and mountainous inland town with a lake, a stream and gardens far from the sea

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 town	det
2	bleak	bleak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 town	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 mountainous	cc
4	mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bleak	conj
5	inland	inland	ADV	_	6 town	advmod
6	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 lake	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lake	det
9	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 town	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stream	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stream	det
12	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 town	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gardens	cc
14	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 stream	conj
15	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 sea	advmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 sea	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sea	det
18	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 town	nmod

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

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