Exam question 1 · Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lam…

Which of the following best describes the peasant's wife's attitude towards her husband's exchanges?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: husband · What happens: follow, describe, exchange · To what, where: attitude

This is exam question 1 of lesson 924 «Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lamp's last night on his post and the three rivals on the bridge» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 peasant	det
8	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wife	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 peasant	case
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attitude	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 wife	case
12	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
13	towards	towards	ADP	_	17 exchanges	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 husband	nmod:poss
15	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 exchanges	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 husband	case
17	exchanges	exchange	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 describes	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the peasant's wife's attitude	of the best; towards wife's husband's exchanges	tree rules
3	exchange		wife's husband			nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: poss=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

She praised each exchange as wise and beneficial, though she privately doubted the apples' worth

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 exchange	det
4	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 wise	case
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 praised	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 beneficial	cc
8	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wise	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 doubted	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 doubted	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 doubted	nsubj
12	privately	privately	ADV	_	13 doubted	advmod
13	doubted	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 praised	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 apples	det
15	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 worth	nmod:poss
16	'	's	PART	_	15 apples	case
17	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 doubted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	She	each exchange				as wise	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent exchange=Theme as wise=Attribute
2	doubt	past	she	the apples's worth				privately property	vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worth=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She praised each exchange as wise and beneficial

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 exchange	det
4	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 wise	case
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 praised	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 beneficial	cc
8	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wise	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	She	each exchange				as wise	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent exchange=Theme as wise=Attribute

Option 3

She praised each exchange as wise and beneficial, and cooked anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 exchange	det
4	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 wise	case
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 praised	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 beneficial	cc
8	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wise	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cooked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cooked	cc
11	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 praised	parataxis
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	11 cooked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	She	each exchange				as wise	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent exchange=Theme as wise=Attribute
2	cook	participle						anyway property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

She grumbled at every trade but accepted them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grumbled	nsubj
2	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 trade	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 trade	det
5	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grumbled	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 accepted	cc
7	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grumbled	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 accepted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	past	She			every trade			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	accept	past	She not said here	them = they					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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