Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 1: a…

What is the social standing of the poor boy, as stated in the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, state · To what, where: social standing, narrative

This is exam question 3 of lesson 810 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 1: a mother's ghostly farewell ends, and a proud girl sneers at "sen" names at a party» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 standing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 standing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 standing	det
4	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 standing	amod
5	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 boy	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 boy	amod
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 standing	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stated	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 stated	mark
12	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 standing	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 narrative	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrative	det
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stated	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 standing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the social standing				of the poor boy	tree rules
2	state speech: other	participle		the social standing not said here		the narrative			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

He is of a lowly station, and the servants have been told to keep him out of the hall

The tree, 19 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	6 station	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 station	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 station	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 station	det
5	lowly	lowly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 station	amod
6	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 told	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 told	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 servants	det
10	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 told	nsubj:pass
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 told	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 told	aux:pass
13	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 station	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 keep	mark
15	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 told	xcomp
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 keep	obj
17	out	out	ADP	_	20 hall	case
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 hall	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hall	det
20	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			of a lowly station	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present · perfect · passive		the servants			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	the servants not said here	him = he	the hall		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out hall=Location

Option 2

He is from a farming family

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	6 family	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 family	cop
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 family	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 family	det
5	farming	farming	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 family	compound
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			a farming family			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is of a lowly station

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	6 station	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 station	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 station	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 station	det
5	lowly	lowly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 station	amod
6	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					of a lowly station	tree rules

Option 4

He is of a noble birth

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	6 birth	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 birth	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 birth	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 birth	det
5	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 birth	amod
6	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					of a noble birth	tree rules

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