Exam question 3 · Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wande…

State which object the Councillor identifies as a relic of antiquity when shown the woodcut at the inn.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State · What happens: identify, show · To what, where: woodcut, inn

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	nsubj
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 object	det
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	nmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Councillor	det
5	Councillor	Councillor	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	nsubj
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 relic	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 relic	det
9	relic	relic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 antiquity	case
11	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 relic	nmod
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 shown	advmod
13	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 identifies	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 woodcut	det
15	woodcut	woodcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shown	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 inn	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 inn	det
18	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shown	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	present	State which object					as a relic of antiquity	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as relic=Attribute
2	show	participle	State which object not said here	the woodcut		the inn			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent woodcut=Recipient

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 printed woodcut of a fiery meteor seen above the town of Cologne in the old days

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 woodcut	det
2	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 woodcut	amod
3	woodcut	woodcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 meteor	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meteor	det
6	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 meteor	amod
7	meteor	meteor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 woodcut	nmod
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 meteor	acl
9	above	above	ADP	_	11 town	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 town	det
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seen	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Cologne	case
13	Cologne	Cologne	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 town	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 days	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 days	det
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 days	amod
17	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	participle		a fiery meteor not said here		the town of Cologne	day		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The printed picture of a comet seen at Basel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 picture	det
2	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 picture	amod
3	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 comet	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 comet	det
6	comet	comet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picture	nmod
7	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 picture	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 Basel	case
9	Basel	Basel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	participle		the printed picture of a comet not said here		Basel			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

The old woodcut of a ship seen at Bergen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woodcut	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woodcut	amod
3	woodcut	woodcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 ship	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ship	det
6	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 woodcut	nmod
7	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 woodcut	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 Bergen	case
9	Bergen	Bergen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	participle		the old woodcut of a ship not said here		Bergen			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The printed woodcut of a meteor seen at Cologne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woodcut	det
2	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 woodcut	amod
3	woodcut	woodcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 meteor	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meteor	det
6	meteor	meteor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 woodcut	nmod
7	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 meteor	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 Cologne	case
9	Cologne	Cologne	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	participle		a meteor not said here		Cologne			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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