Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…
With reference to the passage, state the place in which the ailing lord is described as reclining.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: describe · To what, where: ailing lord, place
This is exam question 1 of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 reference | case |
| 2 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 passage | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 passage | det |
| 5 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reference | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 state | punct |
| 7 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 passage | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 place | det |
| 9 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 state | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 which | case |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 described | obl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lord | det |
| 13 | ailing | ailing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 lord | compound |
| 14 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 described | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 described | aux:pass |
| 16 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 place | acl:relcl |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 reclining | case |
| 18 | reclining | reclining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 described | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 reference | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present · passive | the ailing lord | the place | as reclining | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as reclining=Attribute |
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
Upon the bed in the lower hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 3 bed | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bed | det |
| 3 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 hall | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hall | det |
| 6 | lower | low | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 hall | amod |
| 7 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bed | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Within the old tower of the keep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Within | within | ADP | _ | 4 tower | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tower | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tower | amod |
| 4 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 keep | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 keep | det |
| 7 | keep | keep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tower | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Within the great hall of his castle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Within | within | ADP | _ | 4 hall | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hall | det |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hall | amod |
| 4 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 castle | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 castle | nmod:poss |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hall | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Within the stables
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Within | within | ADP | _ | 3 stables | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 stables | det |
| 3 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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