Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony die…
Which location is designated as the residence of the protagonist Anthony during the narrative?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: designate · To what, where: location
This is exam question 1 of lesson 918 «Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony dies alone, and his tears are found in a nightcap» 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 location | det |
| 2 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 designated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 designated | aux:pass |
| 4 | designated | designate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 residence | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 residence | det |
| 7 | residence | residence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 designated | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 protagonist | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 protagonist | det |
| 10 | protagonist | protagonist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 residence | nmod |
| 11 | Anthony | Anthony | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 protagonist | appos |
| 12 | during | during | ADP | _ | 14 narrative | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 narrative | det |
| 14 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 designated | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 designated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | designate | present · passive | which location | during the narrative | as the residence of the protagonist | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as residence=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Hauschen Street, Copenhagen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hauschen | Hauschen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Street | compound |
| 2 | Street | Street | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Copenhagen | punct |
| 4 | Copenhagen | Copenhagen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Street | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Copenhagen, Market Square
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copenhagen | copenhagen | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Square | punct |
| 3 | Market | Market | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Square | compound |
| 4 | Square | Square | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Copenhagen | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The narrow house on Hauschen Street in the old quarter of Copenhagen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 house | det |
| 2 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 house | amod |
| 3 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 Street | case |
| 5 | Hauschen | Hauschen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Street | compound |
| 6 | Street | Street | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 house | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 quarter | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 quarter | det |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 quarter | amod |
| 10 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 house | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Copenhagen | case |
| 12 | Copenhagen | Copenhagen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 quarter | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The merchant district of Copenhagen near the harbor and the castle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 district | det |
| 2 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 district | compound |
| 3 | district | district | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Copenhagen | case |
| 5 | Copenhagen | Copenhagen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 district | nmod |
| 6 | near | near | ADP | _ | 8 harbor | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 harbor | det |
| 8 | harbor | harbor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 district | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 castle | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 castle | det |
| 11 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 harbor | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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