Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning Needle, part 1: a prou…

Describe the conduct of the darning-needle when she was deposited in the gutter.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, deposit, conduct · To what, where: conduct, she, gutter, darning needle

This is exam question 3 of lesson 812 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning Needle, part 1: a proud needle is lost in a gutter» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 needle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 needle	det
6	darning	darning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needle	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 darning	punct
8	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conduct	nmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 deposited	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 deposited	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 deposited	aux:pass
12	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Describe	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 gutter	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gutter	det
15	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deposited	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the conduct of the darning needle		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	deposit	past · passive		she	the gutter	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in gutter=Destination
3	conduct			the darning needle		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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

she begged the passing cart to pick her up gently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cart	det
4	passing	passing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cart	compound
5	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begged	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pick	mark
7	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 begged	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pick	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 pick	compound:prt
10	gently	gently	ADV	_	7 pick	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	she	the passing cart					vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent cart=Recipient
2	pick up	to-infinitive	she not said here	her = she				gently property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic

Option 2

she maintained her haughty demeanour even in the filthy gutter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 maintained	nsubj
2	maintained	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 demeanour	nmod:poss
4	haughty	haughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 demeanour	amod
5	demeanour	demeanour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 maintained	obj
6	even	even	ADV	_	10 gutter	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 gutter	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gutter	det
9	filthy	filthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gutter	amod
10	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 maintained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	maintain	past	she	her haughty demeanour		the filthy gutter			vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent demeanour=Theme

Option 3

she behaved very politely there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 behaved	nsubj
2	behaved	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 politely	advmod
4	politely	politely	ADV	_	2 behaved	advmod
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 behaved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behave	past	she			there		politely property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she maintained her haughty demeanour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 maintained	nsubj
2	maintained	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 demeanour	nmod:poss
4	haughty	haughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 demeanour	amod
5	demeanour	demeanour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 maintained	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	maintain	past	she	her haughty demeanour					vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent demeanour=Theme

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