Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the emperor lives…
With what sentiment does the nightingale regard the Emperor's heart in comparison with his crown?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nightingale · What happens: regard, crown · To what, where: heart, comparison
This is exam question 2 of lesson 914 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the emperor lives, and the nightingale makes a promise» 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 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 regard | obl |
| 3 | sentiment | sentiment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 regard | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 nightingale | det |
| 6 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 regard | nsubj |
| 7 | regard | regard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Emperor | det |
| 9 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 heart | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Emperor | case |
| 11 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 regard | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 comparison | case |
| 13 | comparison | comparison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 regard | obl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 crown | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 crown | nmod:poss |
| 16 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 comparison | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 regard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | regard | present · do-support | the nightingale | the Emperor's heart | comparison with nightingale's crown | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | |||
| 2 | crown | nightingale | nom crown «communication 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
She values his crown above his heart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 values | nsubj |
| 2 | values | value | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 crown | nmod:poss |
| 4 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 values | obj |
| 5 | above | above | ADP | _ | 7 heart | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 heart | nmod:poss |
| 7 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 values | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | value | present | She | his crown | his heart | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crown=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | crown | his = he | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
She thinks his crown is worth more gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 crown | nmod:poss |
| 4 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 worth | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 worth | cop |
| 6 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 gold | amod |
| 8 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 worth | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | She | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | his crown | worth property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | crown | his = he | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
She cares nothing for his crown and would sing to his heart every single night forever
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cares | nsubj |
| 2 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 cares | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 crown | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 crown | nmod:poss |
| 6 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nothing | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sing | cc |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 sing | aux |
| 9 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 cares | conj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 heart | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 heart | nmod:poss |
| 12 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sing | obl |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 night | det |
| 14 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 night | amod |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cares | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 2 cares | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present | She | nothing | night | for his crown; forever property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | sing speech: express | would | She not said here | his heart | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to heart=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | crown | his = he | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She holds his heart in higher esteem than his crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 holds | nsubj |
| 2 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 heart | nmod:poss |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 holds | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 esteem | case |
| 6 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 esteem | amod |
| 7 | esteem | esteem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 holds | obl |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 crown | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 crown | nmod:poss |
| 10 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 holds | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | She | his heart | higher esteem | than his crown | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent heart=Theme in esteem=Location | ||
| 2 | crown | his = he | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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