Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…

Identify the day upon which the events of this passage are described as taking place.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, describe, take · To what, where: events, place

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 day	det
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 described	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 events	det
7	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 described	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 passage	case
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 passage	det
10	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 events	nmod
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 described	aux:pass
12	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 day	acl:relcl
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 taking	mark
14	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 described	advcl
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 taking	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		day	vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	describe	present · passive		the events of this passage	upon the day	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
3	take	gerund		place		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

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 Monday morning when all the children were at school and the lark flew down to the daisy

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 morning	det
2	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 morning	compound
3	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flew	nsubj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 school	advmod
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 children	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 children	det
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 school	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 school	cop
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 morning	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 lark	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lark	det
13	lark	lark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 school	conj
14	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	down	down	ADV	_	14 flew	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 daisy	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 daisy	det
18	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	all children			school and the lark			tree rules
2	fly down	past	the Monday morning					to the daisy result; down property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to daisy=Result

Option 2

Monday, when the children went to school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Monday	punct
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 went	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the children			school	monday		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Monday, when all the children were at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 school	punct
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 school	advmod
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 children	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 school	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 school	cop
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 school	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Monday	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	all children			school			tree rules

Option 4

Monday, when all the children were at school and the garden was empty of people for the whole day

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 empty	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 school	punct
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 school	advmod
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 children	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 school	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 school	cop
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 school	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Monday	appos
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 garden	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 garden	det
12	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 school	conj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 empty	cop
14	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 people	case
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 empty	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 day	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 day	det
19	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 day	amod
20	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 empty	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	all children			school and the garden			tree rules
2	is	past	Monday				day	of people; empty property	tree rules

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