Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man an…

Which of the houses opposite was described as having been constructed in a recent period?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: describe, construct · To what, where: recent period

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 described	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 opposite	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 opposite	det
4	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 opposite	compound
5	opposite	opposite	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 described	obl
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 described	aux:pass
7	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 constructed	mark
9	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 constructed	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 constructed	aux:pass
11	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 described	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 period	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 period	det
14	recent	recent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 period	amod
15	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 constructed	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past · passive						of the houses opposite	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: which=Theme
2	construct	gerund · perfect · passive				a recent period			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»

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

The houses opposite, which were new, freshly painted, and had been constructed only the year before

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 houses	det
2	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 opposite	compound
3	opposite	opposite	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 new	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 new	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 new	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 new	cop
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 painted	punct
9	freshly	freshly	ADV	_	10 painted	advmod
10	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 new	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 constructed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 constructed	cc
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 constructed	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 constructed	aux:pass
15	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 new	conj
16	only	only	ADV	_	18 year	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 year	det
18	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 constructed	obl:unmarked
19	before	before	ADV	_	15 constructed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	houses opposite		new property	tree rules
2	paint	participle	houses opposite not said here		freshly property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	construct	past · perfect · passive	houses opposite not said here	year	before property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The other houses in the street

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 houses	det
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 houses	amod
3	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 street	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 street	det
6	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 houses	nmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The other houses in the street, which had been built only recently by a builder

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 houses	det
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 houses	amod
3	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 street	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 street	det
6	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 houses	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 built	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 built	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 built	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 built	aux:pass
11	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 houses	acl
12	only	only	ADV	_	13 recently	advmod
13	recently	recently	ADV	_	11 built	advmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 builder	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 builder	det
16	builder	builder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past · perfect · passive	a builder	the other houses in the street				recently property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product

Option 4

The grand houses on the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 houses	det
2	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 houses	amod
3	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 hill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hill	det
6	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 houses	nmod

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

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