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

Determine what the Councillor concludes regarding the source of the gentleman's Latin remark concerning Modestia.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Councillor, gentleman · What happens: determine, conclude, regard, concern, remark

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 concludes	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Councillor	det
4	Councillor	councillor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concludes	nsubj
5	concludes	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Determine	ccomp
6	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 source	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 source	det
8	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concludes	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 remark	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gentleman	det
11	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 remark	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 gentleman	case
13	Latin	Latin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 remark	amod
14	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 source	nmod
15	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 Modestia	case
16	Modestia	Modestia	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 remark	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here		vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	conclude	present	the Councillor	regard the source of the gentleman's Latin remark concern Modestia	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
3	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	concern	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	remark		the gentleman	concern Modestia	nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent concern=obl

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

He judges it to be a folk saying he fully understands

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 judges	nsubj
2	judges	judge	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 judges	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	7 folk	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 folk	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 folk	det
7	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 judges	parataxis
8	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 folk	acl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 understands	nsubj
10	fully	fully	ADV	_	11 understands	advmod
11	understands	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 saying	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	judge	present	He	it		vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent it=Value
2	is a	to-infinitive		a folk		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	gerund	a folk not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	understand	present	he		fully property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

He judges it to be a common proverb

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 judges	nsubj
2	judges	judge	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 judges	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	8 proverb	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 proverb	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 proverb	det
7	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 proverb	amod
8	proverb	proverb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 judges	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	present	He	it					vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent it=Value
2	is a	to-infinitive	He not said here	a common proverb					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He judges it to be a learned expression, though he does not fully grasp its meaning

The tree, 16 words

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 judges	nsubj
2	judges	judge	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 judges	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	8 expression	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 expression	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 expression	det
7	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 expression	amod
8	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 judges	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 grasp	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 grasp	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 grasp	nsubj
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 grasp	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 grasp	advmod
14	fully	fully	ADV	_	15 grasp	advmod
15	grasp	grasp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 judges	conj
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 meaning	nmod:poss
17	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grasp	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	judge	present	He	it		vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent it=Value
2	learn	participle				vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	to-infinitive	He not said here	a learned expression		tree rules
4	not grasp	present · do-support	he	expression's meaning	fully property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meaning=Stimulus
5	mean		expression			nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He thinks it is nonsense from a drunkard

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 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nonsense	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 nonsense	cop
5	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	_	2 thinks	ccomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 drunkard	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 drunkard	det
8	drunkard	drunkard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nonsense	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	nonsense		a drunkard			tree rules

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