Exam question 4 · Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy an…
Explain the meaning of the term vertigo as employed in the passage.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain, employ, mean · To what, where: meaning, passage, term vertigo
This is exam question 4 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 | Explain | explain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 meaning | det |
| 3 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Explain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 vertigo | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 vertigo | det |
| 6 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 vertigo | compound |
| 7 | vertigo | vertigo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meaning | nmod |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 employed | mark |
| 9 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Explain | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 passage | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 passage | det |
| 12 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 employed | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the meaning of the term vertigo | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | ||||
| 2 | employ | participle | you not said here | the passage | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | mean | the term vertigo | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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
A feeling of dizziness and fear when looking down from cliffs, which some people experience on high ledges
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 | 2 feeling | det |
| 2 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 dizziness | case |
| 4 | dizziness | dizziness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feeling | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fear | cc |
| 6 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feeling | conj |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 looking | mark |
| 8 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 feeling | acl |
| 9 | down | down | ADV | _ | 8 looking | advmod |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 cliffs | case |
| 11 | cliffs | cliff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 looking | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 experience | punct |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 experience | obj |
| 14 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 15 people | det |
| 15 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 experience | nsubj |
| 16 | experience | experience | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 cliffs | acl:relcl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 ledges | case |
| 18 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 ledges | amod |
| 19 | ledges | ledge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 experience | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look down | gerund | from cliffs; down property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from cliff=Theme | |||||
| 2 | experience | present | some people | cliffs | high ledges | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |
Option 2
A cold wind that blows over the glacier fields
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 wind | det |
| 2 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wind | amod |
| 3 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 blows | nsubj |
| 5 | blows | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wind | acl:relcl |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 fields | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fields | det |
| 8 | glacier | glacier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fields | compound |
| 9 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 blows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | present | a cold wind | the glacier fields | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A sensation of dizziness experienced at great heights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sensation | det |
| 2 | sensation | sensation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 dizziness | case |
| 4 | dizziness | dizziness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sensation | nmod |
| 5 | experienced | experience | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 sensation | acl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 heights | case |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 heights | amod |
| 8 | heights | height | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 experienced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | experience | participle | a sensation of dizziness not said here | great heights | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | sense | dizziness | nom sensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
A dangerous slope where the snow falls quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 slope | det |
| 2 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 slope | amod |
| 3 | slope | slope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 falls | nsubj |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 falls | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 snow | det |
| 6 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 falls | nsubj |
| 7 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 7 falls | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | a dangerous slope | quickly property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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