Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws…

Which element of the narrative indicates the source of the tones attributed to the bell?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: element · What happens: indicate, attribute · To what, where: source, tones

This is exam question 1 of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» 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 element	det
2	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 indicates	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 element	nmod
6	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 source	det
8	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 indicates	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 tones	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tones	det
11	tones	tone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 source	nmod
12	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 tones	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 bell	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bell	det
15	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attributed	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 indicates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	which element of the narrative	the source of the tones					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot source=Topic
2	attribute	participle		the tones not said here				to the bell	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

the willow-tree at the edge of the field, beside which the children stopped to rest

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	4 tree	det
2	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 willow	punct
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stopped	nsubj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 edge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 edge	det
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 field	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 field	det
10	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 edge	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stopped	punct
12	beside	beside	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 stopped	obl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 children	det
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 stopped	nsubj
16	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	to	to	PART	_	18 rest	mark
18	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 stopped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	the willow tree at the edge of the field						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	rest	to-infinitive	the willow tree at the edge of the field not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the bell, which hangs on the gable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bell	det
2	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hangs	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hangs	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 hangs	nsubj
5	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 gable	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gable	det
8	gable	gable	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hangs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	present	the bell			the gable			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on gable=Location

Option 3

the bell hanging on the little house, which the children have not yet reached

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bell	det
2	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bell	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 house	amod
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hanging	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 reached	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 reached	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 children	det
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 reached	nsubj:pass
12	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 reached	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 reached	advmod
14	yet	yet	ADV	_	15 reached	advmod
15	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 house	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	gerund	the bell not said here			the little house			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on house=Location
2	not reach	present · perfect · passive		the children			yet		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary which=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the forest, from which the bell is heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 forest	det
2	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 heard	punct
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 heard	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bell	det
7	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 heard	aux:pass
9	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 forest	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present · passive		the bell		the forest			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Topic from which=Source

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