Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, part 1: t…
According to the King, what quality did the successful competitor possess?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: accord, possess
This is exam question 2 of lesson 866 «Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, part 1: the jumping contest ends, and the old oak gets ready for winter sleep» 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 | According | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 possess | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 According | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 possess | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 did | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 did | obj |
| 7 | quality | quality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 did | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 possess | aux |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 competitor | det |
| 10 | successful | successful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 competitor | amod |
| 11 | competitor | competitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 did | obj |
| 12 | possess | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 possess | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | possess | past · do-support | the King | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
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 · ✓ the right answer
the possession of a head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 possession | det |
| 2 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 head | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 head | det |
| 5 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 possession | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possess | a head | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
the possession of a head and a voice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 possession | det |
| 2 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 head | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 head | det |
| 5 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 possession | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 voice | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 voice | det |
| 8 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 possession | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possess | a head | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
the ability to hold the Princess's hand firmly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ability | det |
| 2 | ability | ability | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 hold | mark |
| 4 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ability | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Princess | det |
| 6 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 hand | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Princess | case |
| 8 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hold | obj |
| 9 | firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 4 hold | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | to-infinitive | the Princess's hand | firmly property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
great strength in his legs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 strength | amod |
| 2 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 legs | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 legs | nmod:poss |
| 5 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 strength | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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