Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…

State the reason why the daisy did not feel envious of the lark or of the garden flowers.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: daisy · What happens: not feel

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 feel	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 daisy	det
6	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feel	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 feel	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 feel	advmod
9	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reason	acl:relcl
10	envious	envious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 feel	xcomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 lark	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lark	det
13	lark	lark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 envious	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 flowers	cc
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 flowers	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 flowers	det
17	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 flowers	compound
18	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 lark	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not feel	past · do-support	the daisy					envious property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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

It considered its own lot happy and was content to rejoice in the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 considered	nsubj
2	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 lot	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lot	amod
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 considered	obj
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considered	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 content	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 content	cop
9	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considered	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 rejoice	mark
11	rejoice	rejoice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 content	xcomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sun	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sun	det
14	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rejoice	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	consider	past	It	its own lot		happy property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent lot=Attribute
2	is	past				content property	tree rules
3	rejoice	to-infinitive			the sun		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It felt its own lot was fine and it was happy in the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 lot	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lot	amod
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 happy	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 happy	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 happy	cop
11	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sun	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sun	det
14	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 happy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	feel	past	It			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	past	its own lot		fine property	tree rules
3	is	past	lot	the sun	happy property	tree rules

Option 3

It considered its own lot happy and was content to rejoice in the sun while the lark sang to the others in the garden beds and the whole bed was sulky

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 considered	nsubj
2	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 lot	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lot	amod
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 considered	obj
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considered	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 content	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 content	cop
9	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considered	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 rejoice	mark
11	rejoice	rejoice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 content	xcomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sun	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sun	det
14	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rejoice	obl
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 sang	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lark	det
17	lark	lark	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sang	nsubj
18	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 considered	conj
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 others	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 others	det
21	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 sang	obl
22	in	in	ADP	_	25 beds	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 beds	det
24	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 beds	compound
25	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 others	nmod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 bed	cc
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 bed	det
28	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 bed	amod
29	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 beds	conj
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 sulky	cop
31	sulky	sulky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considered	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	consider	past	It	its own lot			happy property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent lot=Attribute
2	is	past					content property	tree rules
3	rejoice	to-infinitive				the sun		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	sing speech: express	past	the lark		the others in the garden beds and the whole bed			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to other=Recipient
5	is	past					sulky property	tree rules

Option 4

It considered its own lot happy and was content to rejoice in the sun, because it did not want the tulips' fine colours or the peonies' size

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 considered	nsubj
2	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 lot	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lot	amod
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 considered	obj
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considered	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 content	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 content	cop
9	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considered	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 rejoice	mark
11	rejoice	rejoice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 content	xcomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sun	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sun	det
14	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rejoice	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 want	punct
16	because	because	SCONJ	_	20 want	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 want	nsubj
18	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 want	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 want	advmod
20	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 considered	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 tulips	det
22	tulips	tulip	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 colours	nmod:poss
23	'	's	PART	_	22 tulips	case
24	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 colours	amod
25	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 want	obj
26	or	or	CCONJ	_	28 peonies	cc
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 peonies	det
28	peonies	peony	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 colours	conj
29	'	's	PART	_	28 peonies	case
30	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 want	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	consider	past	It	its own lot		happy property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent lot=Attribute
2	is	past				content property	tree rules
3	rejoice	to-infinitive			the sun		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	not want	past · do-support	lot	the tulips's fine colours or the peonies			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent colour=Theme size=Attribute

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