Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bu…
To what does the phrase "the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage" refer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: marriage, their · What happens: do, refer, marry · To what, where: phrase
This is exam question 3 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 phrase | det |
| 5 | phrase | phrase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 anniversary | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 anniversary | det |
| 8 | fiftieth | fiftieth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 anniversary | amod |
| 9 | anniversary | anniversary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 phrase | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 marriage | case |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 marriage | nmod:poss |
| 12 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 anniversary | nmod |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 refer | punct |
| 14 | refer | refer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 marriage | acl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the phrase | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phrase=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | refer | infinitive | their marriage not said here | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | marry in a quote | their = they | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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
Their wedding day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 day | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 day | compound |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A party for the couple's new home built long ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 party | det |
| 2 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 built | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 home | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 couple | det |
| 5 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 home | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 couple | case |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 home | amod |
| 8 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 party | nmod |
| 9 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 ago | advmod |
| 11 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 9 built | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | a party for the couple's new home | ago property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
The fifty-fourth birthday of the wife
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 birthday | det |
| 2 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 fourth | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 fifty | punct |
| 4 | fourth | fourth | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 birthday | amod |
| 5 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wife | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wife | det |
| 8 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 birthday | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The fiftieth yearly celebration of the couple's wedding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 celebration | det |
| 2 | fiftieth | fiftieth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 celebration | amod |
| 3 | yearly | yearly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 celebration | amod |
| 4 | celebration | celebration | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 wedding | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 couple | det |
| 7 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wedding | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 couple | case |
| 9 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 celebration | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | celebrate | the couple's wedding | nom celebration «event transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | wed | the couple | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent |
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