Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the emperor lives…

In what manner did the rumour concerning the hens progress from one poultry-yard to another?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rumour · What happens: do, concern · To what, where: rumour, manner, hens progress

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rumour	det
6	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 rumour	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 progress	det
9	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 progress	compound
10	progress	progress	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	15 yard	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 yard	nummod
13	poultry	poultry	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 yard	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 poultry	punct
15	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 another	case
17	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	15 yard	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the rumour		what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Eventuality
2	concern	gerund	the rumour not said here	the hens progress				from one poultry yard to another	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus progress=Experiencer

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

It was carried by the owls and grew bigger at each yard along the way

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	3 carried	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 owls	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 owls	det
6	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 grew	cc
8	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	conj
9	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 grew	xcomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 yard	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 yard	det
12	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grew	obl
13	along	along	ADP	_	15 way	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 way	det
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · passive	the owls	It					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	grow	past	the owls not said here					at each yard; along the way; big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at yard=Location

Option 2

It was repeated by the doves, growing bigger each time it was told

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 repeated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 repeated	aux:pass
3	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 doves	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 doves	det
6	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 repeated	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 growing	punct
8	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 repeated	conj
9	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 growing	xcomp
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 growing	obl:unmarked
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 told	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 told	aux:pass
14	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 time	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	past · passive	the doves	It			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
2	grow	gerund	the doves not said here		time	big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	past · passive	each time not said here	it			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was repeated and enlarged at each yard until it returned to its origin

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 repeated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 repeated	aux:pass
3	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 enlarged	cc
5	enlarged	enlarge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 repeated	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 yard	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 yard	det
8	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enlarged	obl
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 returned	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 returned	nsubj
11	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 repeated	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 origin	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 origin	nmod:poss
14	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	repeat	past · passive		It		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	enlarge	participle			at each yard	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	return	past	yard		to yard's origin result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to origin=Result

Option 4

It travelled from the roost to the barn, then the mill, and grew with every telling

The tree, 16 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	2 travelled	nsubj
2	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 roost	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 roost	det
5	roost	roost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travelled	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 barn	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 barn	det
8	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travelled	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mill	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 mill	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mill	det
12	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 barn	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 grew	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 grew	cc
15	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 travelled	conj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 telling	case
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 telling	det
18	telling	telling	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	past	It			the roost		to the barn and the mill	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to barn=Destination
2	grow	past						with every telling	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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