Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old g…

With reference to the passage, identify the name that remains legible upon the stone after rain or washing.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, name · What happens: identify, remain · To what, where: name, stone

This is exam question 2 of lesson 920 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old grave-stone is remembered, and a new tale begins with an old house and a leaking dragon gutter» 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 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 name	det
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 remains	nsubj
11	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 name	acl:relcl
12	legible	legible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remains	xcomp
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 stone	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stone	det
15	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remains	obl
16	after	after	ADP	_	17 rain	case
17	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remains	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 washing	cc
19	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rain	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the name				with reference to the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent name=Theme
2	remain	present	the name			the stone	after rain or washing	legible property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon stone=Location

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 name Preben and the year of death are legible upon the stone after a heavy rain or washing

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 name	det
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 legible	nsubj
3	Preben	Preben	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 name	appos
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 year	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 name	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 death	case
8	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 year	nmod
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 legible	cop
10	legible	legible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 stone	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stone	det
13	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 legible	obl
14	after	after	ADP	_	17 rain	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 rain	det
16	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 rain	amod
17	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 legible	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 washing	cc
19	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the name and the year of death				after a heavy rain or washing	upon the stone; legible property	tree rules

Option 2

The name Preben is still visible on the front

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 name	det
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 visible	nsubj
3	Preben	Preben	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 name	appos
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 visible	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 visible	advmod
6	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 front	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 front	det
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 visible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the name			the front	still	visible property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The name Martha is legible upon the stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 name	det
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 legible	nsubj
3	Martha	Martha	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 name	appos
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 legible	cop
5	legible	legible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 stone	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stone	det
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 legible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the name					upon the stone; legible property	tree rules

Option 4

Both the names of the couple are legible upon the stone and the date is also faintly visible after washing

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	CCONJ	_	8 legible	cc:preconj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 names	det
3	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 legible	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 couple	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 couple	det
6	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 names	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 legible	cop
8	legible	legible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 stone	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stone	det
11	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 legible	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 visible	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 date	det
14	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 visible	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 visible	cop
16	also	also	ADV	_	18 visible	advmod
17	faintly	faintly	ADV	_	18 visible	advmod
18	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 legible	conj
19	after	after	SCONJ	_	20 washing	mark
20	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 visible	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the names of the couple		upon the stone; legible property	tree rules
2	is	present	the date		faintly, visible property	tree rules
3	wash	gerund	the date not said here			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	name			the couple		nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

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