Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gu…

Which phrase best describes the Darning-Needle's view of herself after her talk with the glass?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, Needle · What happens: describe, view, talk · To what, where: Darning view, phrase

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1749 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gutter, proud to the end» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 view	det
6	Darning	darning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 view	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Darning	punct
8	Needle	Needle	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 view	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Needle	case
10	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 herself	case
12	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 view	nmod
13	after	after	ADP	_	15 talk	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 talk	nmod:poss
15	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 view	nmod
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 glass	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 glass	det
18	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 talk	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	Needle's Darning view of phrase	after phrase's talk with the glass	well property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent view=Theme
2	view		Needle	phrase	after phrase's talk with the glass		nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient after=obl
3	talk		phrase			with the glass	nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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

She regards herself as superior, claiming to be too fine to weep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regards	nsubj
2	regards	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 regards	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 superior	case
5	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 regards	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 claiming	punct
7	claiming	claim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 regards	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	11 fine	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 fine	cop
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 fine	advmod
11	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 claiming	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 weep	mark
13	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 fine	csubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	regard	present	She	herself = she	as superior	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent herself=Theme as superior=Value
2	claim speech: other	gerund	She not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	to-infinitive			fine property	tree rules
4	weep	to-infinitive				vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She feels humble and modest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feels	nsubj
2	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	humble	humble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feels	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 modest	cc
5	modest	modest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 humble	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	She					humble property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She sees herself as humble, saying she is too plain to weep at all

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sees	nsubj
2	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 sees	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 humble	case
5	humble	humble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sees	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 saying	punct
7	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sees	parataxis
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 plain	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 plain	cop
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 plain	advmod
11	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 saying	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 weep	mark
13	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 plain	xcomp
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 weep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	present	She	herself = she		as humble	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus as humble=Attribute
2	say speech: assert	gerund					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	she			plain property	tree rules
4	weep	to-infinitive	she not said here		all		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She considers herself equal to the others, and says weeping is shameful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 considers	nsubj
2	considers	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 considers	obj
4	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considers	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 others	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 others	det
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 equal	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 says	cc
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 considers	parataxis
11	weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shameful	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 shameful	cop
13	shameful	shameful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	consider	present	She	herself = she	equal property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent herself=Attribute
2	say speech: assert	present				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	weeping		shameful property	tree rules

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