Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 1: a little fir…

In what location was the fir-tree finally set within the apartment, as the narrative records?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: location, fir tree · What happens: be, set

This is exam question 4 of lesson 825 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 1: a little fir-tree longs to be tall, is cut down, and is dressed for Christmas» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
6	fir	fir	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tree	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 fir	punct
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 set	nsubj
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 set	advmod
10	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
11	within	within	ADP	_	13 apartment	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 apartment	det
13	apartment	apartment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 set	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 records	punct
15	as	as	ADP	_	18 records	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 records	det
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 records	compound
18	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 set	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	location						tree rules
2	set	past	the fir tree					within the apartment; as the narrative records; finally property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

In a wide pot of earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 pot	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pot	det
3	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pot	amod
4	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 earth	case
6	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pot	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In a large tub full of sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 tub	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tub	det
3	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tub	amod
4	tub	tub	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tub	amod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 sand	case
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 full	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

On a table near the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 table	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 table	det
3	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 fire	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 table	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

In the corner of the room by the big stove and a red chair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 corner	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 corner	det
3	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 corner	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 stove	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stove	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stove	amod
10	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 room	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 chair	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 chair	det
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chair	amod
14	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stove	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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