Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt…

Which figure did the children identify with the final spark of the fire?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: figure, children, fire · What happens: do, identify, spark

This is exam question 2 of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 figure	det
2	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 identify	nsubj
6	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 spark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spark	det
9	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 spark	amod
10	spark	spark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identify	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 fire	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fire	det
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spark	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	which figure		tree rules
2	identify	present	the children	with the final spark of the fire	vn empathize-88.2 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer with spark=Stimulus
3	spark		the fire		nom spark «event 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

The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark, after he had shouted at them all day.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 schoolmaster	det
2	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 named	punct
4	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 named	nsubj:pass
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 named	nsubj:pass
6	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 schoolmaster	acl:relcl
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 spark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spark	det
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 spark	amod
10	spark	spark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 named	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shouted	punct
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 shouted	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 shouted	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 shouted	aux
15	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 named	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 shouted	obl
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 day	det
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shouted	obl:unmarked
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 schoolmaster	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle · passive		the schoolmaster				as the last spark	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as spark=Attribute
2	shout speech: express	past · perfect	schoolmaster				day	at them = they	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The old master they called the final glowing coal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 master	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 master	amod
3	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 called	nsubj
5	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 master	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coal	det
7	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coal	amod
8	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 coal	amod
9	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	they	the final glowing coal					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent master=Recipient
2	glow	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark that burned out by the grate

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 schoolmaster	det
2	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 burned	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 named	punct
4	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 named	nsubj:pass
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 named	nsubj:pass
6	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 schoolmaster	acl:relcl
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 spark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spark	det
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 spark	amod
10	spark	spark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 named	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 burned	nsubj
12	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 burned	compound:prt
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 grate	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 grate	det
16	grate	grate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle · passive		the schoolmaster				as the last spark	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as spark=Attribute
2	burn out	past	the schoolmaster					by the grate	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by grate=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 schoolmaster	det
2	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 named	punct
4	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 named	nsubj:pass
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 named	nsubj:pass
6	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 schoolmaster	acl:relcl
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 spark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spark	det
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 spark	amod
10	spark	spark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 named	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle · passive		the schoolmaster				as the last spark	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as spark=Attribute

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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