Exam question 7 · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to…

Which of the following indicates the speaker's attitude toward the protagonist's disobedience?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: protagonist · What happens: follow, indicate, disobey · To what, where: attitude

This is exam question 7 of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» 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 indicates	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 indicates	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 indicates	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 indicates	nsubj
5	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 speaker	det
7	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attitude	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 speaker	case
9	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indicates	obj
10	toward	toward	ADP	_	14 disobedience	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 protagonist	det
12	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 disobedience	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 protagonist	case
14	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indicates	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 indicates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	indicate	present		the speaker's attitude	toward the protagonist's disobedience	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot attitude=Topic
3	disobey		the protagonist			nom disobedience «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

The narrator regards it as foolish and states that Lasse ought to have obeyed.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 narrator	det
2	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 regards	nsubj
3	regards	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 regards	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 foolish	case
6	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 regards	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 states	cc
8	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 regards	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 obeyed	mark
10	Lasse	Lasse	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 obeyed	nsubj:pass
11	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 obeyed	aux
12	to	to	PART	_	14 obeyed	mark
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 obeyed	aux
14	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 states	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 regards	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	regard	present	the narrator	it	as foolish	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent it=Theme as foolish=Value
2	state speech: other	present	the narrator not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	obey	ought · perfect · passive		Lasse		vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The narrator treats it as a minor prank that deserves no punishment at all.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 narrator	det
2	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 treats	nsubj
3	treats	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 treats	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 prank	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prank	det
7	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 prank	amod
8	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 treats	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 deserves	nsubj
10	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 prank	acl:relcl
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 punishment	det
12	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 deserves	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 punishment	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 treats	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	present	the narrator	it				as a minor prank	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme as prank=Attribute
2	deserve	present	a minor prank	no punishment		all			tree rules

Option 3

The narrator thinks it was a clever escape from danger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 narrator	det
2	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinks	nsubj
3	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 escape	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 escape	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 escape	det
7	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 escape	amod
8	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinks	ccomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 danger	case
10	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 escape	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	the narrator						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	narrator	a clever escape		danger			tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The narrator regards it as foolish, and states clearly that Lasse ought to have obeyed his mother, whose warnings he had ignored all along.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 narrator	det
2	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 regards	nsubj
3	regards	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 regards	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 foolish	case
6	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 regards	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 states	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 states	cc
9	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 regards	conj
10	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	9 states	advmod
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 obeyed	mark
12	Lasse	Lasse	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 obeyed	nsubj:pass
13	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 obeyed	aux
14	to	to	PART	_	16 obeyed	mark
15	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 obeyed	aux
16	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 states	advcl
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mother	nmod:poss
18	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 obeyed	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 warnings	punct
20	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	21 warnings	nmod:poss
21	warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 mother	nmod
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 ignored	nsubj
23	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 ignored	aux
24	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 warnings	acl:relcl
25	all	all	ADV	_	26 along	advmod
26	along	along	ADV	_	24 ignored	advmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 regards	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	regard	present	the narrator	it	as foolish	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent it=Theme as foolish=Value
2	state speech: other	present	the narrator not said here		clearly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	obey	ought · perfect · passive		Lasse		tree rules
4	ignore	past · perfect	narrator	Lasse's mother Lasse's mother warnings's warnings's warnings not said here	along property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
5	warn		Lasse's mother Lasse's mother warnings's warnings			nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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