Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back…

To what region did Anne Lisbeth's soul rise when the sun set?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: region, sun, Anne · What happens: do, set, rise · To what, where: soul rise

This is exam question 1 of lesson 795 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back her soul» 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	root	root
3	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	Anne	Anne	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 rise	nmod:poss
6	Lisbeth	Lisbeth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Anne	flat
7	's	's	PART	_	5 Anne	case
8	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rise	compound
9	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 set	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sun	det
12	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 set	nsubj
13	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 did	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	region	Anne's soul rise	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rise=Eventuality
2	set	participle	the sun		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	rise		Anne		nom rise «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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 region where there is no more pain, and the bell tolls for the souls at rest

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 region	det
2	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tolls	nsubj
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 is	advmod
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 is	expl
5	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 region	acl:relcl
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 pain	det
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 pain	amod
8	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 is	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tolls	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tolls	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bell	det
12	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tolls	nsubj
13	tolls	toll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 souls	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 souls	det
16	souls	soul	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 tolls	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 rest	case
18	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tolls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no more pain			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	toll	present	the region			rest		for the souls	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at rest=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The region where there is no more pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 region	det
2	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 is	advmod
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 is	expl
5	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 region	acl:relcl
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 pain	det
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 pain	amod
8	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 is	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no more pain			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The land where the sea meets the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 land	det
2	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 meets	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meets	nsubj
6	meets	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 land	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sky	det
8	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	present	the sea	the sky					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sky=Co-Agent

Option 4

The place of endless peace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 peace	case
4	endless	endless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 peace	amod
5	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 place	nmod

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

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