Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

Identify the principal function attributed to the Bird of Popular Song in the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, attribute · To what, where: principal function, narrative

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 function	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Bird	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Bird	det
8	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attributed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Song	case
10	Popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Song	amod
11	Song	Song	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Bird	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 narrative	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 narrative	det
14	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attributed	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	attribute	participle		the principal function not said here		the narrative		to the Bird of Popular Song	tree rules

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

To warn travellers of storms and of the sea's dangers in the north.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 warn	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 storms	case
5	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 travellers	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dangers	cc
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 dangers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dangers	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 sea	case
11	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 storms	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 north	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 north	det
14	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 warn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive		travellers of storms and the sea's dangers		the north			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent traveller=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To remind the king of his battles and bring him rest in his grave.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remind	mark
2	remind	remind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remind	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 battles	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 battles	nmod:poss
7	battles	battle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 king	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bring	cc
9	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 remind	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bring	obj
11	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 bring	xcomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 grave	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 grave	nmod:poss
14	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rest	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	remind speech: other	to-infinitive			the king of king's battles		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient
2	bring	infinitive		king			tree rules
3	rest	infinitive				king's grave	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grave=Location
4	battle		king				nom battle «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To preserve and transmit the deeds and songs of the land, and to guard the graves of all the kings who once ruled here.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 preserve	mark
2	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 guard	advcl
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 transmit	cc
4	transmit	transmit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 preserve	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deeds	det
6	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 transmit	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 songs	cc
8	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deeds	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 land	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 land	det
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 songs	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 guard	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 guard	cc
14	to	to	PART	_	15 guard	mark
15	guard	guard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 graves	det
17	graves	grave	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 guard	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 kings	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 kings	det:predet
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 kings	det
21	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 graves	nmod
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 ruled	nsubj
23	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	24 ruled	advmod
24	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 kings	acl:relcl
25	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	24 ruled	advmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 guard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	preserve	to-infinitive					vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	transmit	infinitive		the deeds and songs of the land			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Theme
3	guard	to-infinitive		the graves of all kings			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grave=Beneficiary
4	rule	past	all kings		here	once property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	sing		the land				nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To preserve and transmit the deeds and songs of the land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 preserve	mark
2	preserve	preserve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 transmit	cc
4	transmit	transmit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 preserve	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deeds	det
6	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 transmit	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 songs	cc
8	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deeds	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 land	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 land	det
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 songs	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 preserve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	preserve	to-infinitive			vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	transmit	infinitive		the deeds and songs of the land	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Theme
3	sing		the land		nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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