Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of…

Which feature of the reign of King Waldemar is depicted in the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: depict, feature · To what, where: feature, narrative, reign

This is exam question 4 of lesson 307 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of Danish towns and falls asleep» 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 feature	det
2	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 depicted	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 reign	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reign	det
5	reign	reign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feature	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Waldemar	case
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Waldemar	compound
8	Waldemar	Waldemar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reign	nmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 depicted	aux:pass
10	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 narrative	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrative	det
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 depicted	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 depicted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depict	present · passive		which feature of the reign of King Waldemar		the narrative			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
2	feature			the reign of King Waldemar					nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 richly attired maids of honor who danced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maids	det
2	richly	richly	ADV	_	4 maids	advmod
3	attired	attire	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 maids	cop
4	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 honor	case
6	honor	honor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maids	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 danced	nsubj
8	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 honor	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the maids				of honor; richly property	tree rules
2	dance	past	honor						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

the court musicians who played lutes and drums in the great hall at Roeskilde

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 musicians	det
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 musicians	compound
3	musicians	musician	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 played	nsubj
5	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 musicians	acl:relcl
6	lutes	lute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 played	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drums	cc
8	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lutes	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hall	det
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hall	amod
12	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 played	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 Roeskilde	case
14	Roeskilde	Roeskilde	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 played	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	the court musicians	lutes and drums		the great hall		at Roeskilde	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lute=Theme

Option 3

the tall gleaming towers and the fine old walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 towers	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 towers	amod
3	gleaming	gleaming	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 towers	compound
4	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 walls	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 walls	det
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 walls	amod
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 walls	amod
9	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 towers	conj

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

Option 4

the many knights who rode out with the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 knights	det
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 knights	amod
3	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rode	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 rode	nsubj
5	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 rode	compound:prt
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride out	past	the many knights					with the king	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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