Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely o…

What is the function of the leaden spout with a dragon's head on the old house?

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

This is exam question 2 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	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 function	det
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 spout	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spout	det
7	leaden	leaden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spout	amod
8	spout	spout	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	13 head	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dragon	det
11	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 head	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 dragon	case
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spout	nmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	17 house	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 house	det
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 house	amod
17	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 head	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the function of the leaden spout with a dragon's head on the old house						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

It carries rain-water, though it leaks from its belly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carries	nsubj
2	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 rain	punct
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carries	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 leaks	punct
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	9 leaks	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 leaks	nsubj
9	leaks	leak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 carries	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 belly	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 belly	nmod:poss
12	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leaks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	It	rain water					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	leak	present	water			water's belly			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from belly=Source

Option 2

It carries rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carries	nsubj
2	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carries	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	It	rain					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Theme

Option 3

It catches snow for the old man, leaking through its tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 catches	nsubj
2	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 catches	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 man	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 catches	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 leaking	punct
9	leaking	leak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 catches	parataxis
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 tail	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tail	nmod:poss
12	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	It	snow				for the old man	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent snow=Theme for man=Beneficiary
2	leak	gerund				snow's tail			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through tail=Location

Option 4

It holds the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wall	det
4	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	It	the wall					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Theme

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