Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind…

Which statement most accurately characterises the collar's account of his own past conduct?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, collar · What happens: characteris, account, conduct · To what, where: account, own past conduct

This is exam question 2 of lesson 302 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind mother bargains with Death for her child, then a boastful collar starts to court a garter» 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 characterises	advmod
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 collar	det
7	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 collar	case
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 conduct	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 conduct	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 conduct	amod
13	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 conduct	amod
14	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which statement	the collar's account of statement's own past conduct	accurately property	tree rules
2	account		the collar	statement's own past conduct		nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
3	conduct		statement			nom conduct «act 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

He admits his vanity but says he is poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 admits	nsubj
2	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 vanity	nmod:poss
4	vanity	vanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admits	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 says	cc
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 admits	conj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 poor	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 poor	cop
9	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present	He	his vanity		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vanity=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	He not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	he		poor property	tree rules

Option 2

He boasts of his many sweethearts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 boasts	nsubj
2	boasts	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 sweethearts	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sweethearts	nmod:poss
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sweethearts	amod
6	sweethearts	sweetheart	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 boasts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	present	He					of his many sweethearts	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He boasts extravagantly of many sweethearts, though his own vanity is obvious

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 boasts	nsubj
2	boasts	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	extravagantly	extravagantly	ADV	_	2 boasts	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sweethearts	case
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sweethearts	amod
6	sweethearts	sweetheart	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 boasts	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 obvious	punct
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 obvious	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 vanity	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 vanity	amod
11	vanity	vanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 obvious	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 obvious	cop
13	obvious	obvious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 boasts	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	present	He					of many sweethearts; extravagantly property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	his own vanity					obvious property	tree rules

Option 4

He is truly modest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 modest	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 modest	cop
3	truly	truly	ADV	_	4 modest	advmod
4	modest	modest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					modest, truly property	tree rules

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