Exam question 1 · Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wande…

Which of the following accurately describes the reason the Councillor gives for his disorientation at the inn?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Councillor · What happens: follow, describe, give, disorient · To what, where: reason, inn

This is exam question 1 of lesson 277 «Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wanders old Copenhagen and is taken for a foreigner» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Councillor	det
10	Councillor	Councillor	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 gives	nsubj
11	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 disorientation	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 disorientation	nmod:poss
14	disorientation	disorientation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gives	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 inn	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 inn	det
17	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gives	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	give	present	the Councillor	the reason not said here	the inn	for Councillor's disorientation	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for disorientation=Asset
4	disorient		Councillor				nom disorientation «cognition transitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

He attributes it to illness, having consumed only one glass of punch

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	2 attributes	nsubj
2	attributes	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attributes	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 illness	case
5	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attributes	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 consumed	punct
7	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 consumed	aux
8	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 attributes	conj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 one	advmod
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 glass	nummod
11	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consumed	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 punch	case
13	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 glass	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	present	He	it				to illness	tree rules
2	consume	gerund · perfect	He not said here	one glass of punch					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Asset

Option 2

He blames the moon, having consumed only one glass of ale

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	2 blames	nsubj
2	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moon	det
4	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blames	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 consumed	punct
6	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 consumed	aux
7	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 blames	advcl
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 one	advmod
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 glass	nummod
10	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consumed	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 ale	case
12	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 glass	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	present	He	the moon					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme
2	consume	gerund · perfect	He not said here	one glass of ale					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Asset

Option 3

He attributes it to tipsiness, having drunk several glasses of wine

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	2 attributes	nsubj
2	attributes	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attributes	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 tipsiness	case
5	tipsiness	tipsiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attributes	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 having	punct
7	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 attributes	advcl
8	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 glasses	amod
9	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 glasses	amod
10	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 having	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 wine	case
12	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 glasses	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	present	He	it				to tipsiness	tree rules
2	have	gerund	He not said here	drunk several glasses of wine					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient

Option 4

He blames the punch

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	2 blames	nsubj
2	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 punch	det
4	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blames	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	present	He	the punch					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punch=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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