Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pasto…

Describe the function of the almshouse in the second part of the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe · To what, where: function

This is exam question 4 of lesson 791 «Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pastor's dream of sinners, then an old maid watches children play while an angel carries a dead child to heaven» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 almshouse	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 almshouse	det
6	almshouse	almshouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 part	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 part	det
9	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 part	amod
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 almshouse	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 narrative	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrative	det
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 part	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the function of the almshouse in the second part of the narrative					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme

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

It houses the poor and elderly people

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 houses	nsubj
2	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 poor	det
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 houses	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 people	cc
6	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 houses	conj

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is a dwelling for the poor and aged.

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	4 dwelling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dwelling	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dwelling	det
4	dwelling	dwell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 poor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 poor	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dwelling	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 aged	cc
9	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 poor	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dwelling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwell	present · progressive	It					for the poor	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is a dwelling for the poor and aged where the old maid sits at her window plucking leaves

The tree, 19 words

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	4 dwelling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dwelling	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dwelling	det
4	dwelling	dwell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 poor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 poor	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sits	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 aged	cc
9	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 poor	conj
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 sits	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 maid	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 maid	amod
13	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sits	nsubj
14	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dwelling	advcl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 window	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 window	nmod:poss
17	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sits	obl
18	plucking	pluck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 sits	advcl
19	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 plucking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	dwell	present · progressive	It			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sit	present	the old maid		maid's window	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location
3	pluck	gerund	the old maid not said here	leaves		vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient

Option 4

It is a charity dwelling where the poor, the aged, and the orphaned children of the city live together

The tree, 19 words

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	4 charity	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 charity	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 charity	det
4	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 charity	acl
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 poor	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 poor	det
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dwelling	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 aged	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 aged	det
11	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 poor	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 live	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 live	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 children	det
15	orphaned	orphan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 children	amod
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 live	nsubj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 city	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 city	det
19	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 children	nmod
20	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 charity	parataxis
21	together	together	ADV	_	20 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a charity		tree rules
2	dwell	gerund	a charity not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	orphan	participle				vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	live together	infinitive	the orphaned children of the city		together property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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