Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bu…

What is the attitude of the old man towards the children?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: attitude · What happens: be

This is exam question 2 of lesson 295 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bush grows from a teapot and shows an old couple's golden day» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 attitude	det
4	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 man	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attitude	nmod
9	towards	towards	ADP	_	11 children	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 children	det
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 man	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the attitude of the old man towards the children						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

He is fond of them and knows many fairy tales

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	3 fond	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fond	cop
3	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fond	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 knows	cc
7	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fond	conj
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tales	amod
9	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tales	compound
10	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					of them = they; fond property	tree rules
2	know	present	He not said here	many fairy tales					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus

Option 2

He scolds them for playing loudly

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 scolds	nsubj
2	scolds	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolds	obj
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 playing	mark
5	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 scolds	advcl
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 playing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	present	He	them = they					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	play	gerund	He not said here					loudly property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He is strict and sends them to bed early and never tells any stories

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	3 strict	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 strict	cop
3	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sends	cc
5	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 strict	conj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sends	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 bed	case
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sends	obl
9	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 sends	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tells	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 tells	advmod
12	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 strict	conj
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 stories	det
14	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tells	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			strict property	tree rules
2	send	present	He not said here	them = they	bed	early property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to bed=Destination
3	not tell speech: assert	present	He not said here	any stories			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

Option 4

He dislikes them and keeps the door locked so they cannot come up the stairs

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 dislikes	nsubj
2	dislikes	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dislikes	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 keeps	cc
5	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dislikes	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keeps	obj
8	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 door	acl
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 come	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 come	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 come	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 come	advmod
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 keeps	advcl
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 come	compound:prt
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stairs	det
16	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	dislike	present	He	them = they	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	keep	present	He not said here	the door	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme
3	lock	participle		the door not said here	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	not come up	can	they	the stairs	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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