Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a…

Which of the following correctly identifies the wing injury sustained by the swallow?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, sustain · To what, where: wing injury

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1741 «Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a frozen swallow and nurses him back to life» 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	9 injury	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 injury	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 injury	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 injury	case
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	9 injury	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 injury	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 injury	det
8	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 injury	compound
9	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 injury	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 swallow	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 swallow	det
13	swallow	swallow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sustained	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 injury	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the wing injury; correctly property	tree rules
3	sustain	participle	the wing injury not said here	by the swallow	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: 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

A wing torn upon a bramble and bent under the weight of snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wing	det
2	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 torn	nsubj
3	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 bramble	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bramble	det
6	bramble	bramble	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 torn	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bent	cc
8	bent	bend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 torn	conj
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 weight	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 weight	det
11	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bent	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 snow	case
13	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 weight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	participle	a wing			a bramble			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon bramble=Trajectory
2	bend	participle	a wing not said here			the weight of snow			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under weight=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A wing torn upon a bramble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wing	det
2	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wing	acl
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 bramble	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bramble	det
6	bramble	bramble	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 torn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	participle		a wing not said here		a bramble			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon bramble=Trajectory

Option 3

A wing torn badly upon a bramble bush in the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wing	det
2	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wing	acl
4	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 torn	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 bush	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bush	det
7	bramble	bramble	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bush	compound
8	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 torn	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 wood	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wood	det
11	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bush	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	participle		a wing not said here		a bramble bush in the wood		badly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon bush=Trajectory

Option 4

A leg cut on a thorn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 leg	det
2	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 leg	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 thorn	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thorn	det
6	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	participle		a leg not said here		a thorn			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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