Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christ…
What was the nature of the advice Ib gave Christina regarding the proposal of marriage?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nature, marriage · What happens: be, give, regard, propose · To what, where: Christina
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 gave | obj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 nature | det |
| 4 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 advice | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 advice | det |
| 7 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nature | nmod |
| 8 | Ib | Ib | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 advice | appos |
| 9 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | Christina | Christina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 gave | iobj |
| 11 | regarding | regard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 proposal | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 proposal | det |
| 13 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gave | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 marriage | case |
| 15 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 proposal | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | give | past | the nature of the advice | Christina | regard the proposal of marriage | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christina=Theme | |||
| 3 | regard | gerund | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | propose | marriage | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice
He told her to wait
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 told | iobj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 wait | mark |
| 5 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 told | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | He | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | wait not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He counselled her not to refuse the good fortune
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 counselled | nsubj |
| 2 | counselled | counsell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 counselled | obj |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 refuse | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 refuse | mark |
| 6 | refuse | refuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 counselled | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fortune | det |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fortune | amod |
| 9 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 refuse | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | counsell | past | He | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not refuse | to-infinitive | He not said here | the good fortune | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme |
Option 3
He told her to think it over carefully
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 told | iobj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 think | mark |
| 5 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 told | xcomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 think | obj |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 think | compound:prt |
| 8 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 5 think | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | He | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | think over speech: other not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | it | carefully property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
Option 4
He advised her to marry the son soon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 advised | nsubj |
| 2 | advised | advise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 advised | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 marry | mark |
| 5 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 advised | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 son | det |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 marry | obj |
| 8 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 marry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | advise speech: other | past | He | her = she | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | her = she not said here | the son | soon property | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient |
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