Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Cou…

Which beverages were proposed by one of the guests during the gathering?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: propose · To what, where: beverages

This is exam question 1 of lesson 278 «Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes» 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 beverages	det
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 proposed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 proposed	aux:pass
4	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 one	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 proposed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 guests	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guests	det
9	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 one	nmod
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 gathering	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gathering	det
12	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guests	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 proposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	past · passive		which beverages				by one of the guests during the gathering	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

Claret, Madeira, mulled ale and a barrel of cold water from the well

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Claret	claret	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mulled	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Madeira	punct
3	Madeira	Madeira	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Claret	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Claret	punct
5	mulled	mull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mulled	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 barrel	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 barrel	det
9	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ale	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 water	amod
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 barrel	nmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 well	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 well	det
15	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mull	past	Claret	ale and a barrel of cold water		the well			tree rules

Option 2

Port, cider and Rhine wine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cider	punct
3	cider	cider	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Port	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wine	cc
5	Rhine	Rhine	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wine	compound
6	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Port	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Claret, mead, Bremen beer and a jug of hot punch with sugar and lemon

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Claret	claret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mead	punct
3	mead	mead	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Claret	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 beer	punct
5	Bremen	Bremen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 beer	compound
6	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Claret	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 jug	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 jug	det
9	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Claret	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 punch	case
11	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 punch	amod
12	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 jug	nmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 sugar	case
14	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 punch	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 lemon	cc
16	lemon	lemon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 punch	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Claret, mead and Bremen beer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Claret	claret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mead	punct
3	mead	mead	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Claret	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 beer	cc
5	Bremen	Bremen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 beer	compound
6	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Claret	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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