Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Darning Needle: the proud needle is…

According to the narrator, what is the meaning of the phrase concerning delay and memory as used in the tale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: narrator, phrase · What happens: accord, be, concern, use · To what, where: meaning, delay, tale

This is exam question 3 of lesson 813 «Andersen's Tales, The Darning Needle: the proud needle is tossed into a gutter, sails in an egg-shell, and is crushed by a cart.» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 narrator	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrator	det
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 meaning	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 meaning	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 meaning	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 meaning	det
9	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrator	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 phrase	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 phrase	det
12	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 meaning	nmod
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 phrase	acl
14	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 memory	cc
16	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 delay	conj
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 used	mark
18	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 delay	acl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 tale	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 tale	det
21	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 used	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 narrator	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the narrator and the meaning	the meaning		of the phrase	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	the phrase not said here	delay and memory			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus delay=Experiencer
4	use	participle		delay and memory not said here	the tale		vn eat-39.1 «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 right answer

A kind deed is remembered even when repaid late

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 deed	det
2	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deed	amod
3	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remembered	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 remembered	aux:pass
5	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	even	even	ADV	_	8 repaid	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 repaid	advmod
8	repaid	repay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 remembered	xcomp
9	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 repaid	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present · passive		a kind deed					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
2	repay	participle						late property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Help that comes late is never really needed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needed	nsubj:pass
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 comes	nsubj
3	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Help	acl:relcl
4	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 comes	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 needed	aux:pass
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 needed	advmod
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 needed	advmod
8	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Help					late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not need	present · passive		Help					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Even a very late repayment of a kind deed is still remembered by the one who gave it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	5 repayment	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 repayment	det
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 late	advmod
4	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 repayment	amod
5	repayment	repayment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 remembered	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 deed	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 deed	det
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 deed	amod
9	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repayment	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 remembered	aux:pass
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 remembered	advmod
12	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 one	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 one	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 remembered	obl
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 gave	nsubj
17	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 one	acl:relcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	remember	present · passive	the one	a late repayment of a kind deed	still	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	give	past	the one	repayment		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	repay			a kind deed		nom repayment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Waiting makes a good deed count for less now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 count	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 count	amod
5	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 count	compound
6	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 less	case
8	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 count	nmod
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 makes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present		a good deed count			now	for less	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent count=Product for less=Asset

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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