Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man an…

To what circumstance does the narrator attribute the monotony of each successive visit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: attribute · To what, where: monotony

This is exam question 3 of lesson 921 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man and a little boy become friends across the street» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 attribute	obl
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 attribute	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	nsubj
7	attribute	attribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 monotony	det
9	monotony	monotony	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 visit	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 visit	det
12	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 visit	amod
13	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 monotony	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 attribute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	present · do-support	the narrator	the monotony of each successive visit					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 · ← Mova's choice

The lonely old man who lives inside the house and never seems to change his routine at all

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
2	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 lives	nsubj
6	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 man	acl:relcl
7	inside	inside	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lives	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 seems	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 seems	advmod
12	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lives	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 change	mark
14	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 seems	xcomp
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 routine	nmod:poss
16	routine	routine	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 change	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	live	present	the lonely old man		the house	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside house=Location
2	not seem	present	the lonely old man not said here			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	change	to-infinitive	the lonely old man not said here	man's routine	all	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent routine=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The house, in which one day resembles another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 resembles	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 resembles	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 resembles	obl
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 day	compound
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 resembles	nsubj
8	resembles	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 resembles	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resemble	present	the house	another					tree rules

Option 3

The house, where the rooms are all the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 same	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 same	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rooms	det
6	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 same	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 same	cop
8	all	all	ADV	_	10 same	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 same	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 house	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the rooms					all, same property	tree rules

Option 4

The house, in which one day resembles another, with the same furniture and the same creaks

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 resembles	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 resembles	obl
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 day	compound
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 resembles	nsubj
8	resembles	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 house	acl:relcl
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 resembles	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 furniture	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 furniture	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 furniture	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 furniture	amod
14	furniture	furniture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 resembles	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 creaks	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 creaks	det
17	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 creaks	amod
18	creaks	creak	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 furniture	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resemble	present	one day	another		the house		with the same furniture and the same creaks	tree rules

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