Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 87: the s…

In what manner does the text describe the arrangement of the youngest princess's flower-bed in relation to the sun?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: manner, you · What happens: do, describe, arrange · To what, where: text, arrangement, relation, flower bed

This is exam question 2 of lesson 876 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 87: the sea-princesses dream of the world above the waves» 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	SCONJ	_	4 does	mark
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 describe	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 text	det
6	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 arrangement	det
9	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	17 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 princess	det
12	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 princess	amod
13	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bed	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 princess	case
15	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bed	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 flower	punct
17	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 arrangement	nmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 relation	case
19	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 sun	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 sun	det
22	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present	what manner	the text			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent text=Eventuality
2	describe	imperative	you not said here	the arrangement of the youngest princess's flower bed	relation	to the sun	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent arrangement=Theme to sun=be'
3	arrange			the youngest princess's flower bed			nom arrangement «cognition 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

it is round like the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 round	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 round	cop
3	round	round	ADV	_	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 round	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					like the sun; round property	tree rules

Option 2

it is round, like the moon, containing flowers as white as her light at dusk

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 moon	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 moon	cop
3	round	round	ADV	_	7 moon	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 moon	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 moon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moon	det
7	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 flowers	punct
9	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 flowers	amod
10	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 moon	appos
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 white	advmod
12	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 flowers	amod
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 light	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 light	nmod:poss
15	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 white	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 dusk	case
17	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 light	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	it	like the moon; round property	tree rules
2	contain	gerund			vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	light		her = she	at dusk	nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent at=obl

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

it is round, like the sun, containing flowers as red as his rays at sunset

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sun	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sun	cop
3	round	round	ADV	_	7 sun	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sun	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 containing	punct
9	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 sun	acl
10	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 containing	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 red	case
12	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 containing	obl
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 rays	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 rays	nmod:poss
15	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 containing	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 sunset	case
17	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rays	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		like the sun; round property	tree rules
2	contain	gerund	the sun not said here	flowers	as red; as his rays at sunset	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot flower=Theme
3	ray		his = he		at sunset	nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent at=obl

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

it is a plain square bed of roses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bed	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bed	det
4	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bed	amod
5	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bed	amod
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 roses	case
8	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bed	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a plain square bed				of roses	tree rules

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