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

By what means did the sick boy derive the sensation of being in the beech-wood?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sick boy · What happens: mean, derive, be · To what, where: sensation

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 derive	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 derive	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boy	amod
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 derive	nsubj
8	derive	derive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sensation	det
10	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 derive	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	17 wood	case
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 wood	cop
13	in	in	ADP	_	17 wood	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wood	det
15	beech	beech	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wood	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 beech	punct
17	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sensation	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 derive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	derive	past · do-support	the sick boy	the sensation		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sensation=Theme
3	is	gerund			of the beech wood	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 · ← Mova's choice

through a bough of a tree that a neighbor's son had carried into the cellar for him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	through	through	ADP	_	3 bough	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bough	det
3	bough	bough	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carried	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 tree	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bough	nmod
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 carried	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 neighbor	det
9	neighbor	neighbor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 son	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 neighbor	case
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carried	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 carried	aux
13	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 cellar	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cellar	det
16	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carried	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · perfect · passive		a neighbor's son		a bough of a tree		into the cellar; for him = he	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

by a painted picture on the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	4 picture	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 picture	det
3	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 picture	amod
4	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picture	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

by holding a green bough of a beech tree high over his head while lying in bed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 holding	mark
2	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bough	det
4	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bough	amod
5	bough	bough	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holding	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 tree	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
8	beech	beech	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tree	compound
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bough	nmod
10	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 holding	advmod
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 head	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 head	nmod:poss
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holding	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 lying	mark
15	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 holding	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 bed	case
17	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund		a green bough of a beech tree		his head		high property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bough=Theme over head=Location
2	lie	gerund				bed			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

by a green bough held overhead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	4 bough	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bough	det
3	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bough	amod
4	bough	bough	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bough	acl
6	overhead	overhead	ADV	_	5 held	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle		a green bough not said here				overhead property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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