Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune: the young…

Describe the function of the apothegm attributed to Solon within the passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, attribute · To what, where: function, apothegm, Solon

This is exam question 4 of lesson 284 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune: the young man dies and Care takes the galoshes» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 apothegm	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 apothegm	det
6	apothegm	apothegm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 apothegm	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Solon	case
9	Solon	Solon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 attributed	obl
10	within	within	ADP	_	12 passage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 passage	det
12	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attributed	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the function of the apothegm					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	attribute	participle		the apothegm not said here	Solon			within the passage	tree rules

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

It affirms the wisdom of the old saying, proved by the young man's death

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 affirms	nsubj
2	affirms	affirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wisdom	det
4	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affirms	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 saying	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 saying	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 saying	amod
8	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wisdom	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 proved	punct
10	proved	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 saying	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	16 death	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 man	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 man	amod
14	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 death	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 man	case
16	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 proved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	affirm	present	It	the wisdom of the old saying		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wisdom=Stimulus
2	prove	participle		the old saying not said here	by the young man's death	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	die		the young man			nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It introduces the arrival of the Fir Tree story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 introduces	nsubj
2	introduces	introduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 arrival	det
4	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 introduces	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 story	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 story	det
7	Fir	Fir	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Tree	compound
8	Tree	Tree	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 story	compound
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	introduce	present	It	the arrival of the Tree story					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrival=Patient
2	arrive		the Tree story						nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

It explains the chemistry of the galoshes' enchantment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 explains	nsubj
2	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chemistry	det
4	chemistry	chemistry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explains	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 enchantment	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 galoshes	det
7	galoshes	galosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 enchantment	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 galoshes	case
9	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chemistry	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	present	It	the chemistry of the galoshes's enchantment					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chemistry=Topic
2	enchant		the galoshes						nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It mocks the travellers for their complaints about the inn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 mocks	nsubj
2	mocks	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 travellers	det
4	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mocks	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 complaints	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 complaints	nmod:poss
7	complaints	complaint	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mocks	obl
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 inn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 inn	det
10	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 complaints	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	present	It	the travellers				for travellers's complaints about the inn	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent traveller=Theme for complaint=Attribute
2	complain		travellers = traveller					about the inn	nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent about=obl

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