Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow

Which of the following best describes the manner in which Martha honoured the memory of the deceased widow?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Martha · What happens: follow, describe, honour, decease · To what, where: manner, memory

This is exam question 4 of lesson 845 «Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 honoured	obl
11	Martha	Martha	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 honoured	nsubj
12	honoured	honour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 memory	det
14	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 honoured	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 widow	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 widow	det
17	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 widow	amod
18	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 memory	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		of the best	tree rules
3	honour	past	Martha	the memory of the deceased widow	the manner		tree rules
4	decease	participle					vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

She strewed sand upon the grave and planted a rose-tree upon it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 strewed	nsubj
2	strewed	strew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 strewed	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 grave	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grave	det
6	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 strewed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 planted	cc
8	planted	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 strewed	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tree	det
10	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tree	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 rose	punct
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planted	obj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 planted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strew	past	She	sand		the grave			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sand=Theme upon grave=Destination
2	plant	past	She not said here	a rose tree		tree			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tree=Theme upon it=Destination

Option 2

She scattered sand and then prayed by the grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scattered	nsubj
2	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scattered	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 prayed	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 prayed	advmod
6	prayed	pray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 scattered	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 grave	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grave	det
9	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	past	She	sand					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sand=Theme
2	pray	participle	She not said here				then	by the grave	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

She covered the grave with sand and flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 covered	nsubj
2	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grave	det
4	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 covered	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 sand	case
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 covered	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 flowers	cc
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past	She	the grave				with sand and flowers	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent grave=Destination with sand=Theme

Option 4

She planted a rose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 planted	nsubj
2	planted	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rose	det
4	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 planted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past	She	a rose					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Patient

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