Exam question 8 · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to…

Which of the following best identifies the mood established in the closing passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, establish · To what, where: mood, closing passage

This is exam question 8 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	6 identifies	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 identifies	nmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mood	det
8	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 mood	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 passage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 passage	det
12	closing	closing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 passage	compound
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 established	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the mood		of the best	tree rules
3	establish	participle	the mood not said here	the closing passage		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 right answer

An atmosphere of strangeness and wonder, mingled with danger and fear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 atmosphere	det
2	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 strangeness	case
4	strangeness	strangeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 atmosphere	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wonder	cc
6	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 atmosphere	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mingled	punct
8	mingled	mingle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 atmosphere	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 danger	case
10	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mingled	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fear	cc
12	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 danger	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 atmosphere	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mingle	participle						with danger and fear	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with danger=Co-Patient

Option 2

Cheerful and funny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 funny	cc
3	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cheerful	conj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Cheerful	punct

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

Option 3

A gentle, sleepy calm, with a hint of humor and playfulness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hint	det
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hint	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 gentle	punct
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 calm	amod
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hint	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hint	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hint	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hint	det
9	hint	hint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 humor	case
11	humor	humor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hint	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 playfulness	cc
13	playfulness	playfulness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 humor	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 hint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hint		humor and playfulness						nom hint «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

A tone of sadness and quiet regret.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tone	det
2	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sadness	case
4	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tone	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 regret	cc
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 regret	amod
7	regret	regret	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sadness	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intonate			sadness and quiet regret					nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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