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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 7 mansion | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 mansion | nsubj |
| 3 | geographical | geographical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 position | amod |
| 4 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mansion | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mansion | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mansion | det |
| 7 | mansion | mansion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 situated | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Borreby | case |
| 9 | Borreby | Borreby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 mansion | nmod |
| 10 | situated | situate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 narrative | punct |
| 12 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 narrative | case |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 according | fixed |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 narrative | det |
| 15 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 situated | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 situated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the mansion | of Borreby | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | situate | past | accord the narrative | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | accord | gerund | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deep | deep | ADV | _ | 5 forest | advmod |
| 2 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 5 forest | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 forest | det |
| 4 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 forest | amod |
| 5 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 lake | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lake | det |
| 8 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 lake | amod |
| 9 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 forest | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 miles | punct |
| 11 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 miles | amod |
| 12 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 forest | nmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 coast | case |
| 14 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 15 coast | det |
| 15 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 miles | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Near the shores of the Great Belt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Near | near | ADP | _ | 3 shores | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shores | det |
| 3 | shores | shore | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Belt | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Belt | det |
| 6 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Belt | amod |
| 7 | Belt | Belt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shores | nmod |
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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 cliff | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cliff | det |
| 3 | windy | windy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cliff | amod |
| 4 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sea | obl |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 out | advmod |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 11 sea | advmod |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 11 sea | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sea | det |
| 9 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sea | amod |
| 10 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sea | amod |
| 11 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 town | punct |
| 13 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 town | advmod |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 town | case |
| 15 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 town | det |
| 16 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sea | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
On a hill above the Little Belt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 hill | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hill | det |
| 3 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | above | above | ADP | _ | 7 Belt | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Belt | det |
| 6 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Belt | amod |
| 7 | Belt | Belt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 hill | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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