Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 2…

Identify the location in which the cupboard of bottled poetry was situated, as described in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, bottle, situate, describe · To what, where: location, cupboard, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1026 «Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 237: the Moor-woman shows the man her cupboard of poetry and tells him about the new Will-o'-the-Wisps born in the marsh» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 situated	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cupboard	det
7	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 situated	nsubj:pass
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 poetry	case
9	bottled	bottle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 poetry	amod
10	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cupboard	nmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 situated	aux:pass
12	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 location	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 described	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 described	mark
15	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 situated	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 passage	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 passage	det
18	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 described	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the location		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme
2	bottle	participle				vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	situate	past · passive		the cupboard of bottled poetry	the location	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination
4	describe	participle			the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

Upon the moor, disguised as a fallen alder stump beside the black pool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 moor	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 moor	det
3	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 disguised	punct
5	disguised	disguise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 moor	acl
6	as	as	ADP	_	10 stump	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stump	det
8	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 stump	amod
9	alder	alder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stump	compound
10	stump	stump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disguised	obl
11	beside	beside	ADP	_	14 pool	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pool	det
13	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pool	amod
14	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disguised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	participle		the moor not said here		the black pool		as a fallen alder stump	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	fall	participle							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Upon the moor, disguised as an alder stump and guarded by the Story-maiden

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 moor	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 moor	det
3	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disguised	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 moor	punct
5	disguised	disguise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 stump	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stump	det
8	alder	alder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stump	compound
9	stump	stump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disguised	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 guarded	cc
11	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 disguised	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 Story	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Story	det
14	Story	Story	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 guarded	obl:agent
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 maiden	punct
16	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Story	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	participle						upon the moor; as a alder stump	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	guard	participle							vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Beside the pool, hidden in the reeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beside	beside	ADP	_	3 pool	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pool	det
3	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hidden	punct
5	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pool	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 reeds	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reeds	det
8	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		the pool not said here		the reeds			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in reed=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Upon the moor, disguised as an alder stump

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 moor	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 moor	det
3	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 disguised	punct
5	disguised	disguise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 moor	acl
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 stump	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stump	det
8	alder	alder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stump	compound
9	stump	stump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disguised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	participle		the moor not said here				as a alder stump	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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