Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plan…

In what location is the castle of Kronenburg situated, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: location · What happens: be, situate, accord · To what, where: castle

This is exam question 4 of lesson 847 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plant is lost and a king grieves» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 situated	obl
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 castle	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 castle	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 castle	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	acl:relcl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Kronenburg	case
8	Kronenburg	Kronenburg	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 castle	nmod
9	situated	situate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 narrative	punct
11	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 narrative	case
12	to	to	ADP	_	11 according	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 narrative	det
14	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 situated	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 situated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	location	the castle	of Kronenburg	tree rules
2	situate	past			accord the narrative	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in what=Destination
3	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Close by the Sound of Elsinore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 Sound	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sound	det
4	Sound	Sound	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Close	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Elsinore	case
6	Elsinore	Elsinore	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Sound	nmod

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

Option 2

Near the coast of Jutland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Near	near	ADP	_	3 coast	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 coast	det
3	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Jutland	case
5	Jutland	Jutland	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 coast	nmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Close by the Sound of Elsinore, where the ships pass by the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 Sound	advmod
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 Sound	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sound	det
4	Sound	Sound	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Elsinore	case
6	Elsinore	Elsinore	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Sound	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pass	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 pass	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ships	det
10	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pass	nsubj
11	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Sound	acl:relcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 castle	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 castle	det
14	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	the ships					by the castle	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by castle=Location

Option 4

Close by the Sound of Elsinore on the northern coast of the island

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 Sound	advmod
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 Sound	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sound	det
4	Sound	Sound	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Elsinore	case
6	Elsinore	Elsinore	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Sound	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 coast	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 coast	det
9	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 coast	amod
10	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Sound	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 island	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 island	det
13	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coast	nmod

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

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