Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48:…

State which object the counsellor identifies as a meteor and explain by what natural cause he attributes it.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: State, natural cause · What happens: identify, explain, attribute · To what, where: counsellor

This is exam question 2 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	nsubj
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 object	det
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	nmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 counsellor	det
5	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	nsubj
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 meteor	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 meteor	det
9	meteor	meteor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 explain	cc
11	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 identifies	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 what	case
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 explain	obl
14	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cause	amod
15	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 attributes	nsubj
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 attributes	nsubj
17	attributes	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 what	acl:relcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 attributes	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	present	State which object		as a meteor	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as meteor=Attribute
2	explain speech: assert	infinitive	State which object not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	attribute	present	natural cause	counsellor		tree rules

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 right answer

He identifies a woodcut as a meteor and attributes it to electricity

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 identifies	nsubj
2	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 woodcut	det
4	woodcut	woodcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifies	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 meteor	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meteor	det
7	meteor	meteor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifies	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 attributes	cc
9	attributes	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 identifies	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 attributes	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 electricity	case
12	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attributes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	present	He	a woodcut				as a meteor	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent woodcut=Theme as meteor=Attribute
2	attribute	present	He not said here	woodcut				to electricity	tree rules

Option 2

He identifies a woodcut as a comet and attributes it to the heat of the sun.

The tree, 16 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 identifies	nsubj
2	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 woodcut	det
4	woodcut	woodcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifies	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 comet	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 comet	det
7	comet	comet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifies	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 attributes	cc
9	attributes	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 identifies	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 attributes	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 heat	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 heat	det
13	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attributes	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 sun.	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sun.	det
16	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 heat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	present	He	a woodcut	as a comet	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent woodcut=Theme as comet=Attribute
2	attribute	present	He not said here	woodcut	to the heat of the sun.	tree rules
3	heat		the sun.			nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

He identifies a woodcut picture of a bright sky object as a meteor and attributes its glow to electricity in the air.

The tree, 22 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 identifies	nsubj
2	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 picture	det
4	woodcut	woodcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 picture	compound
5	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifies	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 object	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 object	det
8	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 object	amod
9	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 object	compound
10	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 picture	nmod
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 meteor	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 meteor	det
13	meteor	meteor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifies	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 attributes	cc
15	attributes	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 identifies	conj
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 glow	nmod:poss
17	glow	glow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 attributes	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 electricity	case
19	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 attributes	obl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 air	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 air	det
22	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 attributes	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	present	He	a woodcut picture of a bright sky object		as a meteor	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent picture=Theme as meteor=Attribute
2	attribute	present	He not said here	meteor's glow	the air	to electricity	tree rules
3	glow		meteor				nom glow «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He identifies a printed woodcut of the northern sky as a meteor and attributes its fiery trail to a sudden electric discharge in the atmosphere.

The tree, 25 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 identifies	nsubj
2	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 woodcut	det
4	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 woodcut	amod
5	woodcut	woodcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifies	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 sky	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sky	det
8	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sky	amod
9	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 woodcut	nmod
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 meteor	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 meteor	det
12	meteor	meteor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifies	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 attributes	cc
14	attributes	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 identifies	conj
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 trail	nmod:poss
16	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 trail	amod
17	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 attributes	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	22 discharge	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 discharge	det
20	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 discharge	amod
21	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 discharge	amod
22	discharge	discharge	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 attributes	obl
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 atmosphere	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 atmosphere	det
25	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 discharge	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	present	He	a printed woodcut of the northern sky	as a meteor	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent woodcut=Theme as meteor=Attribute
2	print	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	attribute	present	He not said here	meteor's fiery trail	to a sudden electric discharge in the atmosphere	tree rules

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