Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gu…

Which statement regarding the Darning-Needle's account of her own family is accurate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, Needle · What happens: regard, be, account · To what, where: own family

This is exam question 3 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 accurate	nsubj
3	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 account	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
5	Darning	darning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Darning	punct
7	Needle	Needle	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Needle	case
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 statement	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 family	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 family	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 family	amod
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 accurate	cop
15	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which statement regard Needle's Darning account of Needle's own family		accurate property	tree rules
3	account		Needle	Needle's own family		nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

Her five finger-brothers are described as proud, boastful and of differing sizes, and she is the only one who weeps

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 brothers	nmod:poss
2	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 brothers	nummod
3	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brothers	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 finger	punct
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 described	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 described	aux:pass
7	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 boastful	mark
9	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 boastful	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 boastful	punct
11	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 described	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sizes	cc
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 sizes	case
14	differing	differ	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 sizes	amod
15	sizes	size	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 boastful	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 one	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 one	cc
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 one	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 one	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 one	det
21	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 one	amod
22	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 described	parataxis
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 weeps	nsubj
24	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 one	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	describe	present · passive		Her five finger brothers	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
2	differ	gerund			vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	she	the only one	tree rules
4	weep	present	the only one		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Her finger-brothers are called Thumb and Playman, and are kind to her

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brothers	nmod:poss
2	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brothers	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 finger	punct
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 called	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 called	aux:pass
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Playman	cc
9	Playman	Playman	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Thumb	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 kind	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 kind	cc
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 kind	cop
13	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 called	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		Her finger brothers					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	is	present			Playman			kind property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her five finger-brothers are described as proud and of differing sizes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 brothers	nmod:poss
2	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 brothers	nummod
3	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brothers	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 finger	punct
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 described	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 described	aux:pass
7	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 proud	case
9	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 described	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sizes	cc
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 sizes	case
12	differing	differing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sizes	compound
13	sizes	size	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 described	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive		Her five finger brothers				as proud	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as proud=Attribute

Option 4

Her five brothers are described as lazy and all exactly the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brothers	nmod:poss
2	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 brothers	nummod
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 described	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 described	aux:pass
5	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 lazy	case
7	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 described	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 same	cc
9	all	all	ADV	_	12 same	advmod
10	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	12 same	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 same	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lazy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive		Her five brothers				as lazy	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as lazy=Attribute

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