Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48:…

Identify the figure who addresses the counsellor as monsieur and state his professional designation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, figure, his · What happens: identify, address, designate · To what, where: figure, counsellor

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 figure	det
3	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 addresses	nsubj
5	addresses	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 figure	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 counsellor	det
7	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 addresses	obj
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 monsieur	case
9	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 addresses	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 state	cc
11	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 monsieur	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 designation	nmod:poss
13	professional	professional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 designation	amod
14	designation	designation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 addresses	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the figure		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme
2	address	present	the figure	the counsellor	as monsieur and state	tree rules
3	designate		his = he			nom designation «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

A bishop, honored scholar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bishop	det
2	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 scholar	punct
4	honored	honor	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 scholar	amod
5	scholar	scholar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bishop	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bishop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honor	participle							vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A bishop of the church who admires the counsellor's wisdom.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bishop	det
2	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 church	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 church	det
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bishop	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 admires	nsubj
7	admires	admire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 church	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 counsellor	det
9	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wisdom	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 counsellor	case
11	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 admires	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bishop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admire	present	the church	the counsellor's wisdom					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wisdom=Stimulus

Option 3

A bachelor of divinity who doubts the counsellor's claims.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bachelor	det
2	bachelor	bachelor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 divinity	case
4	divinity	divinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bachelor	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 doubts	nsubj
6	doubts	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 divinity	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 counsellor	det
8	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 claims	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 counsellor	case
10	claims	claim	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 doubts	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bachelor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doubt	present	divinity	the counsellor's claims					vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme
2	claim		the counsellor						nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A bachelor of divinity who commends the counsellor's learning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bachelor	det
2	bachelor	bachelor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 divinity	case
4	divinity	divinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bachelor	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 commends	nsubj
6	commends	commend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bachelor	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 counsellor	det
8	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 learning	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 counsellor	case
10	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 commends	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commend	present	a bachelor of divinity	the counsellor's learning					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent learning=Theme

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