Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1…

In what manner does the narrator describe the grief of the family in the house of mourning?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: describe · To what, where: grief, manner

This is exam question 4 of lesson 868 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Claus kills Little Claus's only horse, and Little Claus climbs onto a shed roof to watch a feast» 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	7 describe	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 describe	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	nsubj
7	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grief	det
9	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 family	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 family	det
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grief	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 house	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 mourning	case
17	mourning	mourning	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 house	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · do-support	the narrator	the grief of the family		what manner		in the house of mourning	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent grief=Theme

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

As a loud and angry scene full of shouting relatives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	6 scene	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 scene	det
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scene	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 angry	cc
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 loud	conj
6	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scene	amod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 relatives	case
9	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 relatives	amod
10	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

As an expression of sorrow conveyed without any spoken word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 expression	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 expression	det
3	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 sorrow	case
5	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expression	nmod
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 expression	acl
7	without	without	ADP	_	10 word	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 word	det
9	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 word	amod
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conveyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	participle		a expression of sorrow not said here				without any spoken word	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	speak speech: other	participle							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

As a scene of pure happiness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 scene	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 scene	det
3	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 happiness	case
5	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 happiness	amod
6	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scene	nmod

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

Option 4

As an expression of deep sorrow that is conveyed through long silences and a few gestures of love between the family members

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 expression	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 expression	det
3	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sorrow	case
5	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sorrow	amod
6	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expression	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 conveyed	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 conveyed	aux:pass
9	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 sorrow	acl:relcl
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 silences	case
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 silences	amod
12	silences	silence	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 conveyed	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 gestures	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 gestures	det
15	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 gestures	amod
16	gestures	gesture	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 expression	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 love	case
18	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gestures	nmod
19	between	between	ADP	_	22 members	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 members	det
21	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 members	compound
22	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 expression	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present · passive		deep sorrow		long silences			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	gesture		love						nom gesture «act intransitive»: of=agent

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