Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: the ending,…

Which feature of the narrative shows that the flower kept its freshness across the passing years?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: feature, flower · What happens: show, keep, feature · To what, where: freshness, narrative · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 296 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: the ending, Remembrance flies through the seasons and the old couple wear golden crowns» 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 feature	det
2	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 narrative	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrative	det
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feature	nmod
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 kept	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 flower	det
9	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kept	nsubj
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shows	ccomp
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 freshness	nmod:poss
12	freshness	freshness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kept	obj
13	across	across	ADP	_	16 years	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 years	det
15	passing	passing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 years	compound
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 kept	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	show	present	which feature of the narrative			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep	past	the flower	flower's freshness	year	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freshness=Theme
3	feature			the narrative		nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 old couple's wedding anniversary, which they celebrated under the tree for many years

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 couple	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 couple	amod
3	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 anniversary	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 couple	case
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 anniversary	compound
6	anniversary	anniversary	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 celebrated	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 celebrated	obj
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 celebrated	nsubj
10	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 anniversary	acl:relcl
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 tree	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 celebrated	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 years	case
15	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 years	amod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 celebrated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	past	they	the old couple's wedding anniversary		the tree	year		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme

Option 2

The Elder Tree that stood by the house, which the boy visited every morning for years

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Tree	det
2	Elder	Elder	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Tree	compound
3	Tree	Tree	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stood	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 stood	nsubj
5	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stood	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 visited	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 visited	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boy	det
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visited	nsubj
13	visited	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stood	parataxis
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 morning	det
15	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visited	obl:unmarked
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 years	case
17	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 visited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the Elder Tree					by the house	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by house=Location
2	visit	past	the boy				morning; year		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Elder-blossom in the Prayer-Book, which grew fresher the more it was regarded

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 blossom	det
2	Elder	Elder	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 blossom	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Elder	punct
4	blossom	blossom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grew	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 Book	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Book	det
7	Prayer	Prayer	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Book	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Book	punct
9	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 blossom	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grew	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 grew	nsubj
12	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	fresher	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 grew	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 more	det
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	18 regarded	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 regarded	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 regarded	aux:pass
18	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 grew	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the Elder blossom in the Prayer Book					fresh property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	regard	past · passive		blossom					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The cock's crowing each dawn, which woke the farm earlier every year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cock	det
2	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dawn	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 cock	case
4	crowing	crow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 dawn	amod
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 dawn	det
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 woke	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 woke	nsubj
9	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dawn	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 farm	det
11	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 woke	obj
12	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 woke	advmod
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 year	det
14	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 woke	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crow	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wake	past	the cock's crowing dawn	the farm			year	early property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent farm=Patient

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