Exam question 2 · Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wande…
Identify the figure who, according to the text, was regarded as the most absent-minded person in the entire kingdom.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, accord, regard · To what, where: figure
This is exam question 2 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 figure | det |
| 3 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 regarded | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 regarded | punct |
| 6 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 text | case |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 according | fixed |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 text | det |
| 9 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 regarded | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 text | punct |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 regarded | aux:pass |
| 12 | regarded | regard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 figure | acl:relcl |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 19 person | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 person | det |
| 15 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 16 absent | advmod |
| 16 | absent | absent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 person | amod |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 absent | punct |
| 18 | minded | minded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 person | amod |
| 19 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 regarded | obl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 kingdom | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 kingdom | det |
| 22 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 kingdom | amod |
| 23 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 person | nmod |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the figure | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme | ||||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | regard | past · passive | the figure | accord the text; as the absent minded person in the entire kingdom | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as person=Value |
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
The Bishop of Zealand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Bishop | det |
| 2 | Bishop | Bishop | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Zealand | case |
| 4 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Bishop | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The Bishop of Zealand, the person the Councillor was sent to visit in the capital
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Bishop | det |
| 2 | Bishop | Bishop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Zealand | case |
| 4 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Bishop | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 person | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Bishop | appos |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Councillor | det |
| 9 | Councillor | Councillor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Bishop | conj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 sent | aux:pass |
| 11 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 visit | mark |
| 13 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 sent | xcomp |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 capital | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 capital | det |
| 16 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 visit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · passive | the Bishop of Zealand and the Councillor | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | visit | to-infinitive | the Bishop of Zealand and the Councillor not said here | the capital | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The Dean of Copenhagen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Dean | det |
| 2 | Dean | Dean | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Copenhagen | case |
| 4 | Copenhagen | Copenhagen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Dean | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The procession's leader, who was believed by the townsfolk to be the Bishop of Zealand
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 procession | det |
| 2 | procession | procession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leader | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 procession | case |
| 4 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 believed | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 believed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 believed | aux:pass |
| 8 | believed | believe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 leader | acl:relcl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 townsfolk | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 townsfolk | det |
| 11 | townsfolk | townsfolk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 believed | obl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 Bishop | mark |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 Bishop | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Bishop | det |
| 15 | Bishop | Bishop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 believed | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Zealand | case |
| 17 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Bishop | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past · passive | the townsfolk | the procession's leader | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | the Bishop | of Zealand | tree rules |
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