Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, She Was Good for Nothing, part 1: Care t…

Which character, having been addressed by the mayor from an upper window, responded by removing his cap in a manner of respect?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mayor · What happens: address, respond, remove · To what, where: character, cap, manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 843 «Andersen's Tales, She Was Good for Nothing, part 1: Care takes the goloshes, the mayor scolds a washer-woman's boy, and bad news reaches the laundress» 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 character	det
2	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 addressed	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 character	punct
4	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 addressed	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 addressed	aux:pass
6	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 mayor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mayor	det
9	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 addressed	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 window	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 window	det
12	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 window	amod
13	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mayor	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 responded	punct
15	responded	respond	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 addressed	conj
16	by	by	SCONJ	_	17 removing	mark
17	removing	remove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 responded	advcl
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 cap	nmod:poss
19	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 removing	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 manner	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 manner	det
22	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 removing	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 respect	case
24	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 manner	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 addressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	address	gerund · perfect · passive	the mayor from a upper window	which character		vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination
2	respond speech: other	participle	the mayor from a upper window not said here			vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	remove	gerund	the mayor from a upper window not said here	his cap	a manner of respect	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=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 · ← Mova's choice

the boy, son of the washer-woman, who bowed low and then raised his cap politely

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bowed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 son	punct
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boy	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 woman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 woman	det
7	washer	washer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 woman	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 washer	punct
9	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bowed	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 bowed	nsubj
12	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bowed	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 raised	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 raised	advmod
16	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bowed	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 cap	nmod:poss
18	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 raised	obj
19	politely	politely	ADV	_	16 raised	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	the boy of the washer woman and son					low property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	raise	past	the boy of the washer woman and son not said here	his cap			then	politely property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the boy, son of the washer-woman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 son	punct
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boy	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 woman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 woman	det
7	washer	washer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 woman	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 washer	punct
9	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

the footman who bowed to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 footman	det
2	footman	footman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 bowed	nsubj
4	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 footman	acl:relcl
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	the footman		him = he				vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot

Option 4

the mayor's footman, who was standing in the street and watching the whole scene unfold

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mayor	det
2	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 footman	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mayor	case
4	footman	footman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 standing	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 standing	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 standing	aux
8	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 footman	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 street	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 street	det
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 standing	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 watching	cc
13	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 standing	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 scene	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 scene	amod
16	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 watching	obj
17	unfold	unfold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 watching	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stand	past · progressive	the mayor's footman		the street	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in street=Location
2	watch	gerund	the mayor's footman not said here	the whole scene		tree rules
3	unfold	infinitive	the whole scene not said here			vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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