Exam question 4 · Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for Fran…

Which natural element was described as the cause of Knud's second departure from his lodging?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Knud · What happens: describe, cause, depart · To what, where: second departure, lodging

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1016 «Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for France, and Knud wanders off to Nuremberg» 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	5 described	nsubj:pass
2	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 element	amod
3	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 described	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 described	aux:pass
5	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 cause	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 described	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 departure	case
10	Knud	Knud	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 departure	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Knud	case
12	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 departure	amod
13	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cause	nmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 lodging	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 lodging	nmod:poss
16	lodging	lodging	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 departure	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	past · passive				as the cause of Knud's second departure from Knud's lodging	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as cause=Attribute
2	cause			Knud's second departure from Knud's lodging			nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
3	depart		Knud		Knud's lodging		nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

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 scent of fresh spring flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scent	det
2	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 flowers	case
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 flowers	amod
5	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flowers	compound
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scent			fresh spring flowers					nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The fragrance of the blossoming elder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fragrance	det
2	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 elder	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 elder	det
5	blossoming	blossoming	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 elder	compound
6	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fragrance	nmod

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

Option 3

The smell of the blooming willow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 smell	det
2	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 willow	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 willow	det
5	blooming	bloom	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 willow	amod
6	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smell	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bloom	gerund							vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	smell		the blooming willow						nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The cold wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wind	amod
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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