Exam question 4 · Andersen's tales, The Dryad, part 27: the chestnut is carr…

State what the narrator reports concerning the public's response to the arrival of the tree.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator, tree · What happens: report, concern, arrive · To what, where: State, response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 816 «Andersen's tales, The Dryad, part 27: the chestnut is carried to Paris and the Dryad longs to be human» 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	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reports	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrator	det
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reports	nsubj
5	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 State	nmod
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 reports	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 public	det
8	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 response	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 public	case
10	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 arrival	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 arrival	det
13	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 response	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 tree	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tree	det
16	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 arrival	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	report	present	the narrator	State		vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme clause=Attribute
2	concern	gerund	the narrator not said here	the public's response	to the arrival of the tree	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus response=Experiencer
3	arrive		the tree			nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=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

Officials argued about it, and shopkeepers complained loudly at the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Officials	official	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 argued	nsubj
2	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 argued	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 complained	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 complained	cc
7	shopkeepers	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 complained	nsubj
8	complained	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 argued	parataxis
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	8 complained	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 gate	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gate	det
12	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 complained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	past	Officials					about it	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
2	complain speech: other	past	shopkeepers			the gate		loudly property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The crowds ignored it and walked past quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crowds	det
2	crowds	crowd	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ignored	nsubj
3	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ignored	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 walked	cc
6	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ignored	conj
7	past	past	ADV	_	6 walked	advmod
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	the crowds	it					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	walk	past	the crowds not said here					past, quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Passers-by looked on, and children and old men gazed at the green tree

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passers	passer	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 gazed	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	4 looked	mark
4	looked	look	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Passers	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 looked	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gazed	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gazed	cc
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 gazed	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 men	cc
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 men	amod
11	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 children	conj
12	gazed	gaze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 tree	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tree	det
15	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tree	amod
16	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gazed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look on	participle		Passers not said here					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	gaze	past	Passers					at the green tree	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tree=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Passers-by looked on, and children and old men gazed at the green tree, and some of them even bowed their heads to it as it passed

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passers	passer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 looked	nsubj:pass
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	4 looked	mark
4	looked	look	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 looked	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gazed	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gazed	cc
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 gazed	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 men	cc
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 men	amod
11	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 children	conj
12	gazed	gaze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looked	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 tree	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tree	det
15	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tree	amod
16	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gazed	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 bowed	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 bowed	cc
19	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	23 bowed	nsubj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 some	nmod
22	even	even	ADV	_	23 bowed	advmod
23	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looked	conj
24	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 heads	nmod:poss
25	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 bowed	obj
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 it	case
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 bowed	obl
28	as	as	SCONJ	_	30 passed	mark
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 passed	nsubj
30	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 bowed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	look on	participle · passive		Passers			vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
2	gaze	past	children and old men			at the green tree	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tree=Theme
3	bow	past	some	children's heads	tree		vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent head=Topic to it=Recipient
4	pass	past	tree				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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