Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 4: the boat sin…

Which sound replaced the ringing of the church bells at dusk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sound · What happens: replace, ring · To what, where: ringing, church bells

This is exam question 4 of lesson 793 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 4: the boat sinks, and Anne Lisbeth walks home alone by the 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 sound	det
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 replaced	nsubj
3	replaced	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ringing	det
5	ringing	ringing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 replaced	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 bells	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bells	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bells	compound
9	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ringing	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 dusk	case
11	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bells	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 replaced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	past	which sound	the ringing of the church bells at dusk					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ringing=Co-Theme
2	ring			the church bells at dusk					nom ringing «event 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 whistling of wind in the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 whistling	det
2	whistling	whistling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wind	case
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whistling	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 trees	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trees	det
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 whistling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whistle		wind			the trees			nom whistling «event intransitive»: of=agent in=place

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the croaking of frogs in the marshes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 croaking	det
2	croaking	croaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 frogs	case
4	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 croaking	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 marshes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 marshes	det
7	marshes	marsh	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 croaking	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	croak		frogs			the marshes			nom croaking «communication intransitive»: of=agent in=place

Option 3

the loud croaking of many frogs in the marshes beyond the village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 croaking	det
2	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 croaking	amod
3	croaking	croaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 frogs	case
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 frogs	amod
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 croaking	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 marshes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 marshes	det
9	marshes	marsh	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 frogs	nmod
10	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	12 village	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 village	det
12	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 marshes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	croak		many frogs in the marshes beyond the village						nom croaking «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

the croaking of frogs in the marshes below the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 croaking	det
2	croaking	croaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 frogs	case
4	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 croaking	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 marshes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 marshes	det
7	marshes	marsh	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 croaking	nmod
8	below	below	ADP	_	10 castle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 castle	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 marshes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	croak		frogs			the marshes below the castle			nom croaking «communication intransitive»: of=agent in=place

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