Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back…

Upon which book did the light of the setting sun fall within the church?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: book, light · What happens: do, fall, light · To what, where: setting sun

This is exam question 3 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 book	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 book	det
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 light	det
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fall	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 sun	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
9	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sun	compound
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 light	nmod
11	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
12	within	within	ADP	_	14 church	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 church	det
14	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fall	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	which book			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fall	present	the light of the setting sun		within the church	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	light			the setting sun		nom light «phenomenon 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

A cross of gold on the altar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cross	det
2	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cross	nmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 altar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 altar	det
7	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cross	nmod

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

Option 2

The Bible, open at the words of Joel, lying on the altar cloth in the church

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Bible	det
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 open	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Bible	punct
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 words	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 words	det
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 open	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Joel	case
9	Joel	Joel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 words	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lying	punct
11	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 open	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 cloth	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cloth	det
14	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cloth	compound
15	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lying	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 church	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 church	det
18	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund				the altar cloth		in the church	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cloth=Location
2	word			Joel					nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Bible, open at the words of Joel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Bible	det
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 open	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Bible	punct
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 words	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 words	det
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 open	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Joel	case
9	Joel	Joel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 words	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word			Joel					nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The old Bible by the window pane

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Bible	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Bible	amod
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 pane	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pane	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pane	compound
7	pane	pane	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Bible	nmod

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

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