Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, Old Anthony, part 127: Anthony lies awak…

Explain the function of the single tear within the passage, and identify the two persons whose childhood it reflects.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, function · What happens: explain, identify, reflect · To what, where: function, two persons

This is exam question 4 of lesson 916 «Andersen's Tales, Old Anthony, part 127: Anthony lies awake in his cold booth and remembers his childhood with Molly» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 tear	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tear	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tear	amod
7	tear	tear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
8	within	within	ADP	_	10 passage	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 passage	det
10	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 identify	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 identify	cc
13	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Explain	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 persons	det
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 persons	nummod
16	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 identify	obj
17	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	18 childhood	nmod:poss
18	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 persons	appos
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 reflects	nsubj
20	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 persons	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the function of the single tear	within the passage	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic
2	identify	infinitive	you not said here	the two persons		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme
3	reflect	present	function	the two persons not said here		tree rules

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 reveals his own hidden grief at the loss of his youth, mirroring the children at play and the boy Anthony who was once so happy

The tree, 26 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 reveals	nsubj
2	reveals	reveal	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	6 grief	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grief	amod
5	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grief	amod
6	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reveals	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 loss	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 loss	det
9	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reveals	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 youth	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 youth	nmod:poss
12	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 loss	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mirroring	punct
14	mirroring	mirror	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reveals	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 children	det
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 mirroring	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 play	case
18	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mirroring	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 boy	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 boy	det
21	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 play	conj
22	Anthony	Anthony	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 boy	appos
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 happy	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 happy	cop
25	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	27 happy	advmod
26	so	so	ADV	_	27 happy	advmod
27	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 boy	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reveal	present	It	his own hidden grief	the loss of his youth		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Topic
2	mirror	gerund		the children	play and the boy		tree rules
3	is	past	the boy			happy, once property	tree rules

Option 2

It reflects the two young girls who dance together in the square

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 reflects	nsubj
2	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girls	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 girls	nummod
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 girls	amod
6	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reflects	obj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 dance	nsubj
8	dance	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 girls	acl:relcl
9	together	together	ADV	_	8 dance	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 square	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 square	det
12	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dance	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	It	the two young girls					tree rules
2	dance	present	the two young girls			the square		together property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in square=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It mirrors the children at play, namely the boy Anthony and the girl Molly

The tree, 14 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 mirrors	nsubj
2	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mirrors	conj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 play	case
6	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mirrors	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 boy	punct
8	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boy	amod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boy	det
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mirrors	conj
11	Anthony	Anthony	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 boy	appos
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 girl	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 girl	det
14	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Anthony	conj
15	Molly	Molly	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Anthony	flat

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It reflects the cold booth on Hauschen Street, the tears on his face, and the two children at play who once lived there together long ago

The tree, 26 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 reflects	nsubj
2	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 booth	det
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 booth	amod
5	booth	booth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reflects	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 Street	case
7	Hauschen	Hauschen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Street	compound
8	Street	Street	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 booth	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tears	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tears	det
11	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Street	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 face	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 face	nmod:poss
14	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tears	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 children	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 children	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 children	det
18	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 children	nummod
19	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reflects	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 play	case
21	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 children	nmod
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 lived	nsubj
23	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	24 lived	advmod
24	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 play	acl:relcl
25	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	24 lived	advmod
26	together	together	ADV	_	24 lived	advmod
27	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	28 ago	advmod
28	ago	ago	ADV	_	2 reflects	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	It	the cold booth		Hauschen Street and the tears on his face		the two children at play obl; ago property	tree rules
2	live	past	play			there		once, together property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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