Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by…

Which of the following best describes the event that causes the Dryad's distress in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: event, Dryad · What happens: follow, describe, cause, distress · To what, where: event, distress, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 815 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by lightning, and the Dryad hears of the Paris Exhibition and its doom» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 event	det
8	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 causes	nsubj
10	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 event	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Dryad	det
12	Dryad	Dryad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 distress	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Dryad	case
14	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 causes	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 passage	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 passage	det
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 causes	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the event		of the best	tree rules
3	cause	present	the event	the Dryad's distress	the passage		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient
4	distress		the Dryad				nom distress «feeling transitive»: poss=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

The lightning strike that split the old oak to its roots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 strike	det
2	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strike	compound
3	strike	strike	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 split	nsubj
5	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 oak	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 oak	amod
8	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 roots	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 roots	nmod:poss
11	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 split	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	the lightning strike	the old oak				to strike's roots result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent oak=Patient to root=Result

Option 2

The painter's sudden visit to the old oak tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 painter	det
2	painter	painter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 visit	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 painter	case
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 visit	amod
5	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tree	amod
9	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	compound
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 visit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	visit		the painter					to the old oak tree	nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

Option 3

The sudden arrival of the new visitors from Paris

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 arrival	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 arrival	amod
3	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 visitors	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 visitors	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 visitors	amod
7	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 arrival	nmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 Paris	case
9	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 visitors	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive		the new visitors from Paris						nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The lightning strike that split the old oak to its roots and left the whole village in mourning for many days

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 strike	det
2	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strike	compound
3	strike	strike	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 split	nsubj
5	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 oak	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 oak	amod
8	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 roots	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 roots	nmod:poss
11	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 split	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 left	cc
13	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 split	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 village	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 village	amod
16	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 mourning	case
18	mourning	mourning	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 days	case
20	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 days	amod
21	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	the lightning strike	the old oak				to strike's roots result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent oak=Patient to root=Result
2	leave	past	the lightning strike not said here	the whole village		mourning	day		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent village=Theme in mourning=Location

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