Exam question 3 · Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lam…

Which of the following describes the principal concern of the street lamp regarding the morrow?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, regard

This is exam question 3 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	8 concern	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 concern	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 concern	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 concern	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 concern	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 concern	det
7	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 concern	amod
8	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 lamp	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lamp	det
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lamp	compound
12	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concern	nmod
13	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 morrow	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 morrow	det
15	morrow	morrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lamp	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 concern	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	of the principal concern; of the street lamp regard the morrow	tree rules
3	regard	gerund		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

His possible melting down, the loss of his memory and his fear of the mayor's verdict

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 melting	nmod:poss
2	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 melting	amod
3	melting	melting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 melting	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 loss	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 loss	det
7	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melting	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 memory	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 memory	nmod:poss
10	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loss	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 fear	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 fear	nmod:poss
13	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melting	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	18 verdict	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mayor	det
16	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 verdict	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 mayor	case
18	verdict	verdict	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt		His = he						nom melting «process transitive»: poss=agent
2	fear		his = he	the mayor's verdict					nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His possible melting down and loss of memory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 melting	nmod:poss
2	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 melting	amod
3	melting	melting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 melting	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 loss	cc
6	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melting	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 memory	case
8	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt		His = he						nom melting «process transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The fear of melting and his fading light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fear	det
2	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 melting	case
4	melting	melting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fear	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 light	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 light	nmod:poss
7	fading	fading	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 light	compound
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear			melting					nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient
2	light		his = he						nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

His possible melting down and loss of memory at the town hall the next day

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 melting	nmod:poss
2	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 melting	amod
3	melting	melting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 melting	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 loss	cc
6	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melting	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 memory	case
8	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loss	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hall	det
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hall	compound
12	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 memory	nmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 day	det
14	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 day	amod
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melting	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt		His = he						nom melting «process transitive»: poss=agent

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