Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind…

Which of the following correctly identifies the object cut by the scissors in the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, cut · To what, where: object, narrative

This is exam question 3 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 object	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 scissors	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 scissors	det
12	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cut	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 narrative	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrative	det
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cut	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the object		correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
3	cut	participle	the object not said here	the narrative	by the scissors	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

The jagged edge of the collar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 edge	det
2	jagged	jagged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 edge	amod
3	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 collar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 collar	det
6	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 edge	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The jagged edge of the collar, which the scissors trim off in anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 edge	det
2	jagged	jagged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 edge	amod
3	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trim	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 collar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 collar	det
6	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 edge	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 trim	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 trim	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 scissors	det
10	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 trim	nsubj
11	trim	trim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 trim	compound:prt
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 anger	case
14	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trim off	present	the jagged edge of the collar					in anger	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent which=Destination in anger=Theme

Option 3

The garter's silken band

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 garter	det
2	garter	garter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 band	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 garter	case
4	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 band	amod
5	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The hair-comb's broken tooth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 comb	det
2	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comb	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 hair	punct
4	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	nsubj:pass
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 broken	aux:pass
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive		the hair comb					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient tooth=Result

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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