Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…
Which phrase in the text expresses the king's lament concerning the neglect of his deeds?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase, lament, king · What happens: express, concern, lament, neglect · To what, where: lament, neglect, deeds
This is exam question 1 of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» 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 phrase | det |
| 2 | phrase | phrase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 expresses | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 text | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 text | det |
| 5 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 phrase | nmod |
| 6 | expresses | express | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lament | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 king | case |
| 10 | lament | lament | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 expresses | obj |
| 11 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 lament | acl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 neglect | det |
| 13 | neglect | neglect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concerning | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 deeds | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 deeds | nmod:poss |
| 16 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 neglect | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 expresses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | express | present | which phrase in the text | the king's lament | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lament=Theme | ||||
| 2 | concern | gerund | the king's lament not said here | the neglect of phrase's deeds | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus neglect=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | lament | the king | nom lament «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | neglect | phrase's deeds | nom neglect «cognition 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 right answer
"No one has sung the deeds of my life; they are dead and forgotten."
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 sung | punct |
| 2 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 one | det |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sung | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sung | aux |
| 5 | sung | sing | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 deeds | det |
| 7 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sung | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 life | case |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 life | nmod:poss |
| 10 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 deeds | nmod |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 dead | punct |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 dead | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 dead | cop |
| 14 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sung | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 forgotten | cc |
| 16 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 dead | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sung | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 sung | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express in a quote | present · perfect · passive | no one | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary deed=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | deeds = deed | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | forget in a quote | participle | deeds = deed not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
The deeds are forgotten.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 deeds | det |
| 2 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 forgotten | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgotten | aux:pass |
| 4 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 forgotten | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present · passive | the deeds | tree rules |
Option 3
No one sings my deeds.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sings | nsubj |
| 3 | sings | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 deeds | nmod:poss |
| 5 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sings | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present | no one | my deeds | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location deed=Theme |
Option 4
His heirs have cursed him and his enemies have taken his castle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 heirs | nmod:poss |
| 2 | heirs | heir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cursed | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cursed | aux |
| 4 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cursed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 taken | cc |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 8 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 taken | aux |
| 10 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 cursed | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 castle | nmod:poss |
| 12 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 taken | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cursed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | present · perfect | His heirs | him = he | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take | present · perfect · passive | his enemies | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme castle=Destination |
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