Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gu…

Which definition best explains the term "ostentation" as used in this passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: definition · What happens: explain, use · To what, where: term, passage · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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 definition	det
2	definition	definition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explains	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 explains	advmod
4	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 term	det
6	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explains	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 ostentation	punct
8	ostentation	ostentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 term	appos
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 ostentation	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 used	mark
11	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 explains	ccomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 passage	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 passage	det
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 used	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 explains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	present	which definition	the term				well property	tree rules
2	use	participle				this passage			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: 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

Honest work done in private with no fuss at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 work	amod
2	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 work	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 private	case
5	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 done	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 fuss	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 fuss	det
8	fuss	fuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 done	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 fuss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	participle		Honest work not said here		private		with no fuss at all	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Vain and excessive display intended to attract notice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 display	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 excessive	cc
3	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Vain	conj
4	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 display	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 attract	mark
7	attract	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 intended	xcomp
8	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attract	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	participle		Vain display not said here					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	attract not said to happen	to-infinitive		notice					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Patient

Option 3

Excessive humility shown to avoid being noticed by others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 humility	amod
2	humility	humility	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 noticed	mark
4	to	to	PART	_	5 avoid	mark
5	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 noticed	aux:pass
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 noticed	aux:pass
7	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 humility	acl:relcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 others	case
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 noticed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	participle							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	notice	infinitive · passive	others	Excessive humility not said here					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The deliberate hiding of one's wealth and talents from the public eye during all social occasions

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hiding	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hiding	amod
3	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 wealth	case
5	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wealth	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 one	case
7	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hiding	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 talents	cc
9	talents	talent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wealth	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 eye	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 eye	det
12	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 eye	amod
13	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 talents	nmod
14	during	during	ADP	_	17 occasions	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 occasions	det
16	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 occasions	amod
17	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hiding	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide			one's wealth and talents from the public eye			during all social occasions		nom hiding «act transitive»: of=patient during=obl

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