Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48:…

Which statement correctly describes the reason the counsellor gives for believing the procession includes the bishop of Zealand?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, counsellor, procession · What happens: describe, give, believe, include · To what, where: reason, bishop · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 837 «Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill» 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reason	det
6	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 counsellor	det
8	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gives	nsubj
9	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reason	acl:relcl
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 believing	mark
11	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 gives	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 procession	det
13	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 includes	nsubj
14	includes	include	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 believing	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bishop	det
16	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 includes	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Zealand	case
18	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 bishop	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the reason	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	present	the counsellor	the reason not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	believe	gerund	the counsellor not said here			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	include	present	the procession	the bishop of Zealand		vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bishop=Theme

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

He insists the figure is surely a bishop of the Danish church.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 insists	nsubj
2	insists	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 figure	det
4	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bishop	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bishop	cop
6	surely	surely	ADV	_	8 bishop	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bishop	det
8	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 insists	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 church	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 church	det
11	Danish	danish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 church	amod
12	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bishop	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 insists	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insist speech: other	present	He						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the figure	a bishop				of the Danish church; surely property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He says it looks like a bishop.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 looks	nsubj
4	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 bishop	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bishop	det
7	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looks	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	look	present	it					like a bishop	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He reports that he is certain it cannot possibly be the bishop himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reports	nsubj
2	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 certain	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 certain	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 certain	cop
6	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reports	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bishop	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 bishop	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 bishop	advmod
10	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	13 bishop	advmod
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 bishop	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bishop	det
13	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 certain	obl
14	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	13 bishop	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	report	present	He			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he		certain property	tree rules
3	not is a	can	it	the bishop	himself = he nmod:unmarked; possibly property	tree rules

Option 4

He reports that he is certain it is the bishop, because the procession is led by him.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reports	nsubj
2	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 certain	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 certain	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 certain	cop
6	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reports	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bishop	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bishop	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bishop	det
10	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 certain	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 led	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 led	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 procession	det
14	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 led	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 led	aux:pass
16	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reports	parataxis
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 led	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reports	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	report	present	He			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he		certain property	tree rules
3	is a	present	it	the bishop		tree rules
4	lead	present · passive	him = he	the procession		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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