Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

Describe the role assigned to the tulips and tiger-lilies at the ball held in the king's castle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, assign, hold · To what, where: role, ball, castle

This is exam question 4 of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 role	det
3	role	role	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	assigned	assign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 role	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 tulips	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tulips	det
7	tulips	tulip	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 assigned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lilies	cc
9	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lilies	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 tiger	punct
11	lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tulips	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 ball	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ball	det
14	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assigned	obl
15	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 ball	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	20 castle	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 king	det
18	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 castle	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 king	case
20	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 held	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the role			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent role=Theme
2	assign	participle		the role not said here	the ball	to the tulips and tiger lilies goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to tulip=Goal
3	hold	participle		the ball not said here	the king's castle		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

They are the old ladies who watch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ladies	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ladies	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ladies	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ladies	amod
5	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 watch	nsubj
7	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ladies	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	the old ladies					tree rules
2	watch	present	the old ladies						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They serve as the castle's cooks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 serve	nsubj
2	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	7 cooks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 castle	det
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cooks	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 castle	case
7	cooks	cook	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	They					as the castle's cooks	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as cook=Attribute

Option 3

They act as the royal lords-in-waiting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 act	nsubj
2	act	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	6 lords	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lords	det
5	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lords	amod
6	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 act	obl
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 waiting	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 waiting	case
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 in	punct
10	waiting	waiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 act	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	present	They			waiting		as the royal lords	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as lord=Attribute

Option 4

They watch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 watch	nsubj
2	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	present	They						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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