Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets…

To what location does the narrator attribute the boy's habit of appearing at public entertainments?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator, habit · What happens: attribute, appear · To what, where: habit, public entertainments

This is exam question 3 of lesson 308 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets in a wet boy who shoots him with an arrow» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 attribute	obl
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 attribute	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	nsubj
7	attribute	attribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 habit	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 boy	case
11	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	obj
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 appearing	mark
13	appearing	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 habit	acl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 entertainments	case
15	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 entertainments	amod
16	entertainments	entertainment	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 appearing	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 attribute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	present · do-support	the narrator	the boy's habit					tree rules
2	appear	gerund	the boy's habit not said here			public entertainments			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at entertainment=Location

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 hides behind the velvet curtain near the orchestra pit, watching quietly

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 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 curtain	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 curtain	det
5	velvet	velvet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 curtain	amod
6	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl
7	near	near	ADP	_	10 pit	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pit	det
9	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pit	compound
10	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 watching	punct
12	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hides	advcl
13	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	12 watching	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	He			the velvet curtain		near the orchestra pit	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind curtain=Location
2	watch	gerund	He not said here					quietly property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 2

On the stage floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	4 floor	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 floor	det
3	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 floor	compound
4	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He sits within the great chandelier, burning in bright flames

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 sits	nsubj
2	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	6 chandelier	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chandelier	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chandelier	amod
6	chandelier	chandelier	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sits	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 burning	punct
8	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sits	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 flames	case
10	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 flames	amod
11	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 burning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	He					within the great chandelier	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	burn	gerund	He not said here			bright flames			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in flame=Location

Option 4

He perches on a high beam above the crowd, lit by the warm lamps

The tree, 14 words

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 perches	nsubj
2	perches	perch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 beam	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 beam	det
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 beam	amod
6	beam	beam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perches	obl
7	above	above	ADP	_	9 crowd	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crowd	det
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beam	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lit	punct
11	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 crowd	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 lamps	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 lamps	det
14	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lamps	amod
15	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 lit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perch	present	He			a high beam above the crowd			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on beam=Location
2	lit	participle		the crowd not said here				by the warm lamps	tree rules

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