Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…

Which of the following is the flower that the lark chose to visit in the garden?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lark · What happens: follow, be, choose, visit · To what, where: garden

This is exam question 1 of lesson 811 «Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a poor daisy while the proud flowers sulk» 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	7 flower	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 flower	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flower	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 flower	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 flower	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flower	det
7	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 chose	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lark	det
10	lark	lark	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chose	nsubj
11	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flower	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 visit	mark
13	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 chose	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 garden	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 garden	det
16	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visit	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 flower	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the flower	tree rules
3	choose	past	the lark			tree rules
4	visit	to-infinitive	the lark not said here	the garden		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: 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

The daisy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 daisy	det
2	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The little daisy growing in the grass by the ditch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 daisy	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 daisy	amod
3	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 daisy	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 grass	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grass	det
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 growing	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 ditch	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ditch	det
10	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	the little daisy not said here			the grass		by the ditch	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grass=Location

Option 3

The proud peony growing in the garden bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 peony	det
2	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 peony	amod
3	peony	peony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 peony	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 bed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bed	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bed	compound
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	the proud peony not said here			the garden bed			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bed=Location

Option 4

The big tulip standing in the bed by the path

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tulip	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tulip	amod
3	tulip	tulip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 tulip	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 bed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bed	det
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 standing	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 path	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 path	det
10	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund	the big tulip not said here			the bed		by the path	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location

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