Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony die…

In what condition did Anthony describe the apple tree as standing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Anthony · What happens: describe, stand · To what, where: apple tree, condition

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 condition	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describe	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 describe	aux
5	Anthony	Anthony	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 describe	nsubj
6	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
8	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tree	compound
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describe	obj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 standing	mark
11	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 describe	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past · do-support	Anthony	the apple tree		what condition			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent tree=Theme
2	stand	gerund	Anthony not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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

Forsaken and forgotten, growing alone at the edge of a field by a hedge

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forsaken	forsake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 forgotten	cc
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Forsaken	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 growing	punct
5	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 forgotten	advcl
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 growing	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 edge	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 edge	det
9	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 growing	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 field	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 edge	nmod
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 hedge	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hedge	det
15	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Forsaken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	forsake	participle		by a hedge	tree rules
2	forget	participle			tree rules
3	grow	gerund	the edge of a field	alone property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at edge=Location

Option 2

Forsaken and broken, by a road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forsaken	forsake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 broken	cc
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Forsaken	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 road	punct
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 road	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Forsaken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forsake	participle						by a road	tree rules
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Forsaken and forgotten, by a hedge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forsaken	forsake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 forgotten	cc
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Forsaken	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hedge	punct
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 hedge	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hedge	det
7	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Forsaken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forsake	participle						by a hedge	tree rules
2	forget	participle							tree rules

Option 4

Tall and proud, but forsaken and forgotten, standing in a garden near the house

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 forsaken	nsubj:pass
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 proud	cc
3	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tall	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 forsaken	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 forsaken	cc
6	forsaken	forsake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 forgotten	cc
8	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 forsaken	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 standing	punct
10	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 forgotten	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 garden	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 garden	det
13	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 standing	obl
14	near	near	ADP	_	16 house	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 house	det
16	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	forsake	participle · passive	Tall			tree rules
2	forget	participle				tree rules
3	stand	gerund		a garden	near the house	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in garden=Location

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