Exam question 2 · Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy an…

Identify the precise geographical location in which the glaciers described in the passage are situated.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, glaciers · What happens: identify, describe, situate · To what, where: precise geographical location, passage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 852 «Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy and prosperous, and the story turns to Switzerland and the boy Rudy» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 location	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 location	amod
4	geographical	geographical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 location	amod
5	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 described	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 glaciers	det
9	glaciers	glacier	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 described	nsubj
10	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 location	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 passage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 passage	det
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 situated	obl
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 situated	aux:pass
15	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 described	parataxis
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the precise geographical location		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme
2	describe	past	the glaciers		the precise geographical location	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	situate	present · passive			the passage	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in passage=Destination

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

Along the border of Italy and Switzerland, high in the Pennine Alps near Valais and the Matterhorn

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Along	along	ADP	_	3 border	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 border	det
3	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Italy	case
5	Italy	Italy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 border	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Switzerland	cc
7	Switzerland	Switzerland	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Italy	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Alps	punct
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Alps	amod
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 Alps	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Alps	det
12	Pennine	Pennine	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Alps	compound
13	Alps	Alp	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 border	nmod
14	near	near	ADP	_	15 Valais	case
15	Valais	Valais	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Alps	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 Matterhorn	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Matterhorn	det
18	Matterhorn	Matterhorn	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Alps	conj

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Between the Schreckhorn and the Wetterhorn, near Grindelwald

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Between	between	ADP	_	3 Schreckhorn	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Schreckhorn	det
3	Schreckhorn	Schreckhorn	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Wetterhorn	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Wetterhorn	det
6	Wetterhorn	Wetterhorn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Schreckhorn	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Grindelwald	punct
8	near	near	ADP	_	9 Grindelwald	case
9	Grindelwald	Grindelwald	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Wetterhorn	conj

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

Option 3

Beside the Jungfrau in the Alps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beside	beside	ADP	_	3 Jungfrau	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Jungfrau	det
3	Jungfrau	Jungfrau	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 Alps	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Alps	det
6	Alps	Alp	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 Jungfrau	nmod

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

Option 4

On the northern slope of the Jungfrau, above Staubbach village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	4 slope	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 slope	det
3	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 slope	amod
4	slope	slope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Jungfrau	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Jungfrau	det
7	Jungfrau	Jungfrau	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 slope	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 village	punct
9	above	above	ADP	_	11 village	case
10	Staubbach	Staubbach	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 village	compound
11	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slope	conj

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

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