Exam question 1 · Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part 20: a grieving moth…

Which of the following describes the figure who addresses the mother at the grave?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: figure · What happens: follow, describe, address · To what, where: figure, mother, grave

This is exam question 1 of lesson 809 «Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part 20: a grieving mother slips out to her son's grave at night and meets a stranger» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 figure	det
7	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 addresses	nsubj
9	addresses	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 figure	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mother	det
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 addresses	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 grave	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 grave	det
14	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 addresses	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the figure			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme
3	address	present	the figure		the mother	the grave	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Destination

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

A man in a black cloak with a hood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 cloak	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cloak	det
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cloak	amod
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hood	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hood	det
9	hood	hood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod

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

Option 2

A pale young man wrapped in a heavy black cloak with a hood over his face

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
2	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
3	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 man	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 cloak	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cloak	det
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cloak	amod
9	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cloak	amod
10	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrapped	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 hood	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hood	det
13	hood	hood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cloak	nmod
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 face	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 face	nmod:poss
16	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	participle		a pale young man not said here		a heavy black cloak with a hood		over man's face	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cloak=Destination

Option 3

A tall stranger in a long black cloak with a deep hood and boots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stranger	amod
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 cloak	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cloak	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cloak	amod
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cloak	amod
8	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stranger	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 hood	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hood	det
11	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hood	amod
12	hood	hood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stranger	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 boots	cc
14	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hood	conj

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

Option 4

An old woman in a dark shawl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 shawl	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shawl	det
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shawl	amod
7	shawl	shawl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 woman	nmod

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

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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