Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Flying Trunk: the kitchen talk ends…

In which manner was the crowning of the saucepan effected?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, affect · To what, where: crowning, manner, saucepan

This is exam question 1 of lesson 829 «Andersen's Tales, The Flying Trunk: the kitchen talk ends and the trunk burns» 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	_	3 manner	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crowning	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 crowning	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crowning	det
6	crowning	crowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 saucepan	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 saucepan	det
9	saucepan	saucepan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crowning	nmod
10	effected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 saucepan	acl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 crowning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the crowning		which manner		of the saucepan	tree rules
2	affect	participle		the saucepan not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 carpet-broom placed a sprig of parsley upon his head in the kitchen

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 broom	det
2	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broom	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 carpet	punct
4	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 broom	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sprig	det
7	sprig	sprig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 parsley	case
9	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sprig	nmod
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 head	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 head	nmod:poss
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parsley	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 kitchen	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kitchen	det
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	participle	the carpet broom not said here	a sprig of parsley upon his head		the kitchen			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sprig=Theme in kitchen=Destination

Option 2

the tea-urn sang a loud song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 urn	det
2	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 urn	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 tea	punct
4	urn	urn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sang	nsubj
5	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 song	det
7	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 song	amod
8	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the tea urn	a loud song					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

Option 3

the market-basket tied a ribbon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 basket	det
2	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 basket	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 market	punct
4	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 basket	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ribbon	det
7	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tied	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle	the market basket not said here	a ribbon					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ribbon=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the carpet-broom placed parsley upon him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 broom	det
2	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broom	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 carpet	punct
4	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 parsley	nsubj
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 parsley	amod
6	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 parsley	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	participle							vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent

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