Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his w…

Which figure does the old carver produce for the prow of a vessel?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: figure · What happens: do · To what, where: old carver produce

This is exam question 1 of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» 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 figure	det
2	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 produce	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 produce	amod
6	carver	carver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 produce	compound
7	produce	produce	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 prow	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 prow	det
10	prow	prow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 produce	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 vessel	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 vessel	det
13	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prow	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	which figure	the old carver produce				for the prow of a vessel	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent produce=Eventuality

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

Holger Danske, erect and bearded, bearing a battle-axe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holger	Holger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 erect	nsubj
2	Danske	Danske	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Holger	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 erect	punct
4	erect	erect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bearded	cc
6	bearded	bearded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 erect	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bearing	punct
8	bearing	bear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 erect	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 axe	det
10	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 axe	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 battle	punct
12	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	gerund		a battle axe					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Patient

Option 2

a tall warrior with a shield and helmet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 warrior	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 warrior	amod
3	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 shield	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shield	det
6	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warrior	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 helmet	cc
8	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shield	conj

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

Option 3

a fierce bearded giant who kneels with a battle-axe and a shining golden crown upon his head

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 giant	det
2	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 giant	amod
3	bearded	bearded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 giant	amod
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 kneels	nsubj
6	kneels	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 giant	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 axe	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 axe	det
9	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 axe	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 battle	punct
11	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kneels	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 crown	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 crown	det
14	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 crown	amod
15	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 crown	amod
16	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 axe	conj
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 head	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 head	nmod:poss
19	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kneels	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kneel	present	a fierce bearded giant			giant's head		with a battle axe and a shining golden crown	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon head=Location
2	shine	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Holger Danske, upright and bearded, holding a shield and a spear over the waves of the sea

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holger	Holger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 upright	nsubj
2	Danske	Danske	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Holger	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 upright	punct
4	upright	upright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bearded	cc
6	bearded	bearded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 upright	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 holding	punct
8	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 upright	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 shield	det
10	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 holding	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 spear	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 spear	det
13	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shield	conj
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 waves	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 waves	det
16	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 holding	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 sea	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 waves	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund		a shield and a spear		the waves of the sea			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shield=Theme over wave=Location
2	wave			the sea					nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient

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