Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is…

To what extent did the swineherd's wretched accommodation reflect his social standing within the Imperial household?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wretched accommodation, swineherd, accommodation · What happens: reflect, accommodate, stand · To what, where: social standing

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1733 «Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is refused by the Princess and becomes a swineherd» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 reflect	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 swineherd	det
6	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accommodation	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 swineherd	case
8	wretched	wretched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 accommodation	amod
9	accommodation	accommodation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reflect	nsubj
10	reflect	reflect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 standing	nmod:poss
12	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 standing	amod
13	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reflect	obj
14	within	within	ADP	_	17 household	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 household	det
16	Imperial	imperial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 household	amod
17	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reflect	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 reflect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reflect	past · do-support	the swineherd's wretched accommodation	accommodation's social standing	within the Imperial household	tree rules
2	accommodate		the swineherd			nom accommodation «event transitive»: poss=agent
3	stand		accommodation			nom standing «state intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

It suited the servant who lived with the pigs in the yard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 suited	nsubj
2	suited	suit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servant	det
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suited	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 lived	nsubj
6	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 servant	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 pigs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pigs	det
9	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lived	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 yard	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 yard	det
12	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suit	past	It	the servant					tree rules
2	live	past	the servant					with the pigs; in the yard	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with pig=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It reflected the lowest station among the palace servants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reflected	nsubj
2	reflected	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 station	det
4	lowest	low	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 station	amod
5	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reflected	obj
6	among	among	ADP	_	9 servants	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 servants	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 servants	compound
9	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reflected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	past	It	the lowest station				among the palace servants	tree rules

Option 3

It reflected the lowest station among the palace servants, as the Emperor intended for all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reflected	nsubj
2	reflected	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 station	det
4	lowest	low	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 station	amod
5	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reflected	obj
6	among	among	ADP	_	9 servants	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 servants	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 servants	compound
9	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reflected	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 intended	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 intended	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Emperor	det
13	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 intended	nsubj
14	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reflected	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 intended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	past	It	the lowest station				among the palace servants	tree rules
2	intend	past	the Emperor					for all	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was given a room with the best view of the palace gardens and grounds of the Emperor's own household

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 room	det
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 view	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 view	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 view	amod
9	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 room	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 gardens	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gardens	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gardens	compound
13	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 view	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 grounds	cc
15	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	13 gardens	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	21 household	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Emperor	det
18	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 household	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Emperor	case
20	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 household	amod
21	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grounds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		He					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient room=Theme
2	view			the palace gardens and grounds of the Emperor's own household					nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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