Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks…

Which statement correctly identifies the event that makes the king's son's journey differ from the others?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, event, journey, son · What happens: identify, make, differ, journey · To what, where: event, journey

This is exam question 4 of lesson 800 «Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks on alone, deeper into the wood after the sound» 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 identifies	advmod
4	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 event	det
6	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 event	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 son	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 king	case
12	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 journey	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 son	case
14	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	obj
15	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 makes	xcomp
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 others	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 others	det
18	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 differ	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	present	which statement	the event	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme
2	make	present	the event	the king's son's journey		tree rules
3	differ	present	the king's son's journey not said here		from the others	vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from other=Co-Theme
4	journey		the king's son			nom journey «act transitive»: 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

He doubts the bell and goes home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 doubts	nsubj
2	doubts	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bell	det
4	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doubts	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 goes	cc
6	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 doubts	conj
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 goes	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 doubts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doubt	present	He	the bell					vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Theme
2	go	present	He not said here					home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He rejects the little bell as the true source and walks on deeper into the wood.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rejects	nsubj
2	rejects	reject	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bell	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bell	amod
5	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejects	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 source	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 source	det
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 source	amod
9	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejects	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 walks	cc
11	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rejects	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 deeper	case
13	deeper	deep	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 walks	obl
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 wood	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wood	det
16	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walks	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rejects	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reject	present	He	the little bell				as the true source	vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Theme
2	walk	present	He not said here			deeper		into the wood result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result

Option 3

He questions the tiny bell as the origin and keeps going farther in.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bell	nsubj
2	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 He	nmod:unmarked
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bell	det
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bell	amod
5	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 origin	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 origin	det
8	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bell	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 keeps	cc
10	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bell	conj
11	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 keeps	xcomp
12	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 in	advmod
13	in	in	ADV	_	11 going	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present							tree rules
2	go	gerund							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He dismisses the little bell as the true cause and continues farther on into the forest until the sound fades completely behind him.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dismisses	nsubj
2	dismisses	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bell	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bell	amod
5	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismisses	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 cause	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cause	det
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cause	amod
9	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismisses	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 continues	cc
11	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dismisses	conj
12	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 on	advmod
13	on	on	ADV	_	11 continues	advmod
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 forest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forest	det
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 continues	obl
17	until	until	SCONJ	_	20 fades	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sound	det
19	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fades	nsubj
20	fades	fade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 continues	advcl
21	completely	completely	ADV	_	20 fades	advmod
22	behind	behind	ADP	_	23 him	case
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 fades	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dismisses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dismiss	present	He	the little bell		as the true cause	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bell=Theme as cause=Attribute
2	continue	present	He not said here		the forest		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial_Location
3	fade	present	the sound			behind him = he; completely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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