Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails f…

To what cause may the girl's distress at the tan-yard be attributed?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cause · What happens: distress, attribute

This is exam question 1 of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 attributed	nsubj:pass
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 distress	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 distress	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girl	det
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 distress	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 girl	case
8	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	acl:relcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	13 yard	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 yard	det
11	tan	tan	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 yard	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 tan	punct
13	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 distress	nmod
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 attributed	aux:pass
15	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 attributed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distress	may	cause					at the tan yard	tree rules
2	attribute	infinitive · passive							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

The loss of her family and her home in the old tan-yard during the cold night

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 loss	det
2	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 family	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 family	nmod:poss
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 home	cc
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 home	nmod:poss
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	14 yard	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 yard	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 yard	amod
12	tan	tan	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 yard	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 tan	punct
14	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	nmod
15	during	during	ADP	_	18 night	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 night	det
17	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 night	amod
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	nmod

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

Option 2

Her inability to pay the trouser button that the boys demanded at the tan-yard gate

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 inability	nmod:poss
2	inability	inability	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pay	mark
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 button	det
6	trouser	trouser	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 button	compound
7	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 demanded	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boys	det
10	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 demanded	nsubj
11	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pay	advcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	17 gate	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 gate	det
14	tan	tan	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 yard	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 tan	punct
16	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gate	compound
17	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 demanded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	to-infinitive	Her inability	the trouser button					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Asset
2	demand speech: request	past	the boys			the yard gate			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her lack of a trouser button for admission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 lack	nmod:poss
2	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 button	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 button	det
5	trouser	trouser	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 button	compound
6	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lack	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 admission	case
8	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 button	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lack		Her = she	a trouser button for admission					nom lack «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Her missing shoe for entry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 shoe	nmod:poss
2	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shoe	amod
3	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 entry	case
5	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shoe	nmod

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

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