Exam question 1 · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11:…

Which of the following most accurately states the reason Christian is required to hold a book at the altar during the second night?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: follow, state, require, hold · To what, where: reason, Christian, book, altar · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1622 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11: Christian guards the church, meets the dead princess, and bargains for a second night» 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	7 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 states	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 states	advmod
7	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 states	obj
10	Christian	Christian	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 required	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 required	aux:pass
12	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 hold	mark
14	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 required	xcomp
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 book	det
16	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hold	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 altar	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 altar	det
19	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hold	obl
20	during	during	ADP	_	23 night	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 night	det
22	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	23 night	amod
23	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hold	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason			accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	require	present · passive	the reason not said here	Christian				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
4	hold	to-infinitive	the reason not said here	a book	the altar	night		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent book=Theme at altar=Location

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

Because the little man commands that he must hold it and remain there until the lid slams

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 commands	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 commands	nsubj
5	commands	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 hold	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hold	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hold	aux
9	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 commands	ccomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hold	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 remain	cc
12	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 hold	conj
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 remain	advmod
14	until	until	ADP	_	17 slams	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 slams	det
16	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 slams	compound
17	slams	slam	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	command	present	the little man				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hold	must	man	it			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	remain	infinitive	man not said here		there	until the lid slams	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Because the sexton insists that a sentry must read aloud from it throughout the vigil

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 insists	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sexton	det
3	sexton	sexton	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insists	nsubj
4	insists	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 read	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sentry	det
7	sentry	sentry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 read	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 read	aux
9	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 insists	ccomp
10	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	9 read	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 read	obl
13	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	15 vigil	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 vigil	det
15	vigil	vigil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 read	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insist speech: other	present	the sexton						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	read	must	a sentry			sexton	throughout the vigil	aloud property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from it=Source

Option 3

Because the little man orders that he keep it in his hands until the bells ring one

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 orders	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 orders	nsubj
5	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 keep	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	nsubj
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 orders	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 hands	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hands	nmod:poss
12	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keep	obl
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	16 ring	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bells	det
15	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 ring	nsubj
16	ring	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 orders	advcl
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 ring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	order	present	the little man			vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep	present	man	it	man's hands	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hand=Location
3	ring	present	the bells	one		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To keep his hands busy and his mind off the box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obj
5	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mind	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 mind	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mind	nmod:poss
8	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
9	off	off	ADP	_	11 box	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 box	det
11	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		his hands				off the box	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent hand=Theme mind=Attribute
2	mind		his = he						nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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