Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails f…

What did the aged snails regard as the highest distinction of their lineage?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: aged snails · What happens: do, regard, distinguish · To what, where: lineage

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 snails	det
4	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 snails	amod
5	snails	snail	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 regard	nsubj
6	regard	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 distinction	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 distinction	det
9	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 distinction	amod
10	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 regard	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 lineage	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 lineage	nmod:poss
13	lineage	lineage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinction	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past				tree rules
2	regard	present	the aged snails		as the highest distinction of snails's lineage	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as distinction=Value
3	distinguish			snails's lineage		nom distinction «cognition transitive»: of=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

Their claim that they were descended from a noble line that had once ruled the whole garden

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 claim	nmod:poss
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 descended	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 descended	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 descended	aux:pass
6	descended	descend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 claim	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 line	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 line	det
9	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 line	amod
10	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 descended	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 ruled	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 ruled	aux
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 ruled	advmod
14	ruled	rule	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 line	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 garden	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 garden	amod
17	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ruled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	descend	past · passive		they	a noble line		vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	rule	past · perfect · passive		a noble line		once property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme garden=Result
3	claim		Their = they				nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Their claim to be served on gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 claim	nmod:poss
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 served	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 served	aux:pass
5	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 claim	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 served	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	to-infinitive · passive				gold			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»
2	claim		Their = they						nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Their supposed right to be boiled and served on a silver dish at every grand feast

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 right	nmod:poss
2	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	amod
3	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boiled	nsubj:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 boiled	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 boiled	aux:pass
6	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 served	cc
8	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 boiled	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 dish	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dish	det
11	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dish	compound
12	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boiled	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 feast	case
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 feast	det
15	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 feast	amod
16	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boiled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	suppose	participle			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	boil	to-infinitive · passive	Their supposed right	at every grand feast; on a silver dish	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient on dish=Instrument
3	serve	participle			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Their supposed right to be served on silver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 right	nmod:poss
2	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	amod
3	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 served	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 served	aux:pass
6	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 silver	case
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 served	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suppose	participle							vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	serve	to-infinitive · passive				silver			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»

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