Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christ…

In what manner did Christina take her post at the Herning hotel?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Christina · What happens: take · To what, where: post, manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 850 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christina goes into service, and Ib cannot write to her» 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	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 take	aux
5	Christina	Christina	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 post	nmod:poss
8	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 hotel	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hotel	det
11	Herning	Herning	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 hotel	compound
12	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · do-support	Christina	Christina's post		what manner		at the Herning hotel	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent post=Value in manner=Location

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

She entered service in the household of a respectable innkeeper's family in Herning town

The tree, 15 words

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 entered	nsubj
2	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 household	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 household	det
6	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	12 family	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 innkeeper	det
9	respectable	respectable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 innkeeper	amod
10	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 family	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 innkeeper	case
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 household	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 town	case
14	Herning	Herning	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 town	compound
15	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	past	She	service		the household of a respectable innkeeper's family		in Herning town	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme service=Destination

Option 2

She was hired by a wealthy innkeeper and placed in charge of the hotel's dining rooms and kitchen

The tree, 19 words

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	3 hired	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hired	aux:pass
3	hired	hire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 innkeeper	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 innkeeper	det
6	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 innkeeper	amod
7	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hired	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 placed	cc
9	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hired	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 charge	case
11	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 placed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 rooms	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hotel	det
14	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rooms	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 hotel	case
16	dining	dining	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rooms	compound
17	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 charge	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 kitchen	cc
19	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rooms	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hire	past · passive	a wealthy innkeeper	She		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	place	participle	a wealthy innkeeper not said here		charge of the hotel's dining rooms and kitchen	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in charge=Destination
3	charge			the hotel's dining rooms and kitchen		nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

She was hired as a servant in a rich merchant's family

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	3 hired	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hired	aux:pass
3	hired	hire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 servant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hired	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	12 family	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 merchant	det
9	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 merchant	amod
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 family	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 merchant	case
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hire	past · passive		She		a rich merchant's family		as a servant	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as servant=Attribute

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

She entered service in the household of a respectable innkeeper

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 entered	nsubj
2	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 household	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 household	det
6	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 innkeeper	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 innkeeper	det
9	respectable	respectable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 innkeeper	amod
10	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 household	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	past	She	service		the household of a respectable innkeeper			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme service=Destination

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