Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely o…

Which phrase describes the setting sun as the King's Son sees it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, Son · What happens: describe, see · To what, where: setting sun, sun

This is exam question 1 of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» 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 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describes	nsubj
3	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
5	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sun	compound
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describes	obj
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 sees	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 sees	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 King	case
11	Son	Son	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 sees	nsubj
12	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 describes	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sees	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	the setting sun					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sun=Theme
2	see	present	Son	sun					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

A huge golden disc, sinking slowly behind the dark blue hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 disc	det
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 disc	amod
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 disc	amod
4	disc	disc	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sinking	punct
6	sinking	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 disc	acl
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	6 sinking	advmod
8	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 hills	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hills	det
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hills	amod
11	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hills	amod
12	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	gerund	a huge golden disc not said here			the dark blue hills		slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

A golden altar, glowing in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 altar	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 altar	amod
3	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 glowing	punct
5	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 altar	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 glowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow	gerund	a golden altar not said here			the sea			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location

Option 3

A shining altar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 altar	det
2	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 altar	amod
3	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A large shining altar, melted together in glowing colours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 altar	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 altar	amod
3	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 altar	amod
4	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 melted	punct
6	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 altar	acl
7	together	together	ADV	_	6 melted	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 colours	case
9	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 colours	amod
10	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 melted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	shine	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	melt	participle	a large shining altar not said here	glowing colours	together property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	glow	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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