Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a g…

Which cause is given in the narrative for the poet's silence concerning the name he murmured?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: silence, he, poet · What happens: give, concern, murmur, silence · To what, where: cause, narrative, name

This is exam question 4 of lesson 902 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a grandmother at the Louvre, a boy's death on the throne, and the people by the sea» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 cause	det
2	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 narrative	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 narrative	det
7	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 silence	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 poet	det
10	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 silence	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 poet	case
12	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 silence	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 name	det
15	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	obj
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 murmured	nsubj
17	murmured	murmur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 name	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		which cause	the narrative	for the poet's silence	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for silence=Asset
2	concern	gerund	the poet's silence not said here	the name			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus name=Experiencer
3	murmur speech: other	past	he	the name not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
4	silence		the poet				nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent

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

The coronet of a count surmounting the name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coronet	det
2	coronet	coronet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 count	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 count	det
5	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coronet	nmod
6	surmounting	surmount	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 coronet	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 name	det
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surmounting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surmount	gerund	the coronet of a count not said here	the name					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Co-Theme

Option 2

The coronet of a count surmounting the name and the poet's shame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coronet	det
2	coronet	coronet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 count	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 count	det
5	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coronet	nmod
6	surmounting	surmount	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 coronet	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 name	det
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surmounting	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 shame	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 poet	det
11	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shame	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 poet	case
13	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 name	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surmount	gerund	the coronet of a count not said here	the name and the poet's shame					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Co-Theme
2	shame		the poet						nom shame «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The mitre of a bishop above it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mitre	det
2	mitre	mitre	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 bishop	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bishop	det
5	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mitre	nmod
6	above	above	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bishop	nmod

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

Option 4

The coronet of a count surmounting the name, which he feared to speak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coronet	det
2	coronet	coronet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feared	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 count	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 count	det
5	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coronet	nmod
6	surmounting	surmount	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 coronet	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 name	det
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surmounting	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 feared	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 feared	obj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 feared	nsubj
12	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 speak	mark
14	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 feared	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	surmount	gerund	the coronet of a count not said here	the name	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Co-Theme
2	fear	past	the coronet of a count		tree rules
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	the coronet of a count not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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