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Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 1: the Wind…

In what geographical position is the mansion of Borreby situated, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, situate, accord · To what, where: mansion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1027 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 1: the Wind tells of the Borreby house and its wild May feast» 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

casensubjamodnsubjcopdetoblcasenmodpunctcasefixeddetoblpunctrootInADPwhatPRONgeographicalADJpositionNOUNisAUXtheDETmansionNOUNofADPBorrebyPROPNsituatedVERB,PUNCTaccordingVERBtoADPtheDETnarrativeNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_7 mansioncase
2whatwhatPRONPronType=Int7 mansionnsubj
3geographicalgeographicalADJDegree=Pos4 positionamod
4positionpositionNOUNNumber=Sing7 mansionnsubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 mansioncop
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 mansiondet
7mansionmansionNOUNNumber=Sing10 situatedobl
8ofofADP_9 Borrebycase
9BorrebyBorrebyPROPNNumber=Sing7 mansionnmod
10situatedsituateVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11,,PUNCT_15 narrativepunct
12accordingaccordVERBExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part15 narrativecase
13totoADP_12 accordingfixed
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 narrativedet
15narrativenarrativeNOUNNumber=Sing10 situatedobl
16??PUNCT_10 situatedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentthe mansionof Borrebytree rules
2situatepastaccord the narrativevn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent
3accordgerundvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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

Deep inside a dark forest by a frozen lake, many miles from any coast

The tree, 14 words
advmodcasedetamodcasedetamodnmodpunctamodnmodcasedetnmodrootDeepADVinsideADPaDETdarkADJforestNOUNbyADPaDETfrozenVERBlakeNOUN,PUNCTmanyADJmilesNOUNfromADPanyDETcoastNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DeepdeepADV_5 forestadvmod
2insideinsideADP_5 forestcase
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 forestdet
4darkdarkADJDegree=Pos5 forestamod
5forestforestNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6bybyADP_9 lakecase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 lakedet
8frozenfreezeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 lakeamod
9lakelakeNOUNNumber=Sing5 forestnmod
10,,PUNCT_12 milespunct
11manymanyADJDegree=Pos12 milesamod
12milesmileNOUNNumber=Plur5 forestnmod
13fromfromADP_15 coastcase
14anyanyDETPronType=Ind15 coastdet
15coastcoastNOUNNumber=Sing12 milesnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1freezeparticiplevn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Near the shores of the Great Belt

casedetcasedetamodnmodrootNearADPtheDETshoresNOUNofADPtheDETGreatADJBeltPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NearnearADP_3 shorescase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 shoresdet
3shoresshoreNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
4ofofADP_7 Beltcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Beltdet
6GreatgreatADJDegree=Pos7 Beltamod
7BeltBeltPROPNNumber=Sing3 shoresnmod

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

Option 3

On a windy cliff far out over the cold northern sea, far from any town

The tree, 15 words
casedetamodobladvmodadvmodcasedetamodamodpunctadvmodcasedetconjrootOnADPaDETwindyADJcliffNOUNfarADVoutADVoverADPtheDETcoldADJnorthernADJseaNOUN,PUNCTfarADVfromADPanyDETtownNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonADP_4 cliffcase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 cliffdet
3windywindyADJDegree=Pos4 cliffamod
4cliffcliffNOUNNumber=Sing11 seaobl
5farfarADVDegree=Pos6 outadvmod
6outoutADV_11 seaadvmod
7overoverADP_11 seacase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 seadet
9coldcoldADJDegree=Pos11 seaamod
10northernnorthernADJDegree=Pos11 seaamod
11seaseaNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
12,,PUNCT_16 townpunct
13farfarADVDegree=Pos16 townadvmod
14fromfromADP_16 towncase
15anyanyDETPronType=Ind16 towndet
16towntownNOUNNumber=Sing11 seaconj

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

Option 4

On a hill above the Little Belt

casedetcasedetamodnmodrootOnADPaDEThillNOUNaboveADPtheDETLittleADJBeltPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonADP_3 hillcase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 hilldet
3hillhillNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4aboveaboveADP_7 Beltcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Beltdet
6LittlelittleADJDegree=Pos7 Beltamod
7BeltBeltPROPNNumber=Sing3 hillnmod

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

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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