Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldie…

Which of the following describes the location to which the old man's coffin was conveyed for interment?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, convey · To what, where: location, coffin

This is exam question 1 of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 location	det
7	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 conveyed	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 coffin	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 man	case
14	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conveyed	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 conveyed	aux:pass
16	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 location	acl:relcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 interment	case
18	interment	interment	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conveyed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the location			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme
3	convey	past · passive	the old man's coffin	the location	for interment	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to which=Recipient

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

to a village far away, where his parents and his old friends were all buried together

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	ADP	_	3 village	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 village	det
3	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 village	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 buried	punct
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 buried	advmod
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 parents	nmod:poss
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 buried	nsubj:pass
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 friends	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 friends	nmod:poss
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 friends	amod
13	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 parents	conj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 buried	aux:pass
15	all	all	ADV	_	16 buried	advmod
16	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 village	acl
17	together	together	ADV	_	16 buried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past · passive		his parents and his old friends				all, together property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the country, to be buried in his own grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 country	det
2	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 country	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	6 buried	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 buried	aux:pass
6	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 country	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 grave	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 grave	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 grave	amod
10	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	to-infinitive · passive				his own grave			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in grave=Destination

Option 3

to the village church where his parents rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	ADP	_	4 church	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 church	det
3	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 church	compound
4	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 rest	advmod
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 parents	nmod:poss
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rest	nsubj
8	rest	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 church	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present	his parents						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

to the countryside to be laid beside his wife in the cemetery under the oak tree

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	ADP	_	3 countryside	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 countryside	det
3	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laid	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	6 laid	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 laid	aux:pass
6	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 wife	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wife	nmod:poss
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laid	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 cemetery	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cemetery	det
12	cemetery	cemetery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laid	obl
13	under	under	ADP	_	16 tree	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tree	det
15	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tree	compound
16	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	to-infinitive · passive				the cemetery		to the countryside; beside his wife; under the oak tree	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: beside wife=Destination

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