Exam question 1 · Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the…

To which quality of the withered flower does the narrator attribute its superiority over the garden of a queen?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: wither, attribute · To what, where: superiority, garden

This is exam question 1 of lesson 792 «Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the neglected boy who goes to sea» 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	_	3 quality	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 quality	det
3	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attribute	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 flower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flower	det
6	withered	wither	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 flower	amod
7	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quality	nmod
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 attribute	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 narrator	det
10	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attribute	nsubj
11	attribute	attribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 superiority	nmod:poss
13	superiority	superiority	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attribute	obj
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 garden	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 garden	det
16	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attribute	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 queen	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 queen	det
19	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 garden	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 attribute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wither	participle							vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	attribute	present · do-support	the narrator	narrator's superiority		the garden of a queen		to which quality of the withered flower	tree rules

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

the genuine happiness it had brought to a sick child lying in a cellar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 happiness	det
2	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 happiness	amod
3	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brought	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 brought	aux
6	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happiness	acl:relcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 child	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
9	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 child	amod
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brought	obl
11	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 child	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 cellar	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cellar	det
14	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past · perfect · passive	the genuine happiness not said here	happiness	a sick child				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to child=Destination
2	lie	gerund	a sick child not said here			a cellar			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cellar=Location

Option 2

the joy it brought to others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 joy	det
2	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 brought	nsubj
4	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 others	case
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	the joy			others			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to other=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the real joy it had given

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 joy	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 joy	amod
3	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 given	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 given	aux
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 joy	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · perfect · passive	the real joy not said here	joy					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

its sweet fragrance and color

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 fragrance	nmod:poss
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fragrance	amod
3	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 color	cc
5	color	color	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fragrance	conj

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

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