Exam question 4 · Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lam…

Which of the following correctly identifies the three rivals encountered by the lamp on the bridge?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, encounter · To what, where: three rivals, bridge

This is exam question 4 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rivals	det
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 rivals	nummod
9	rivals	rival	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 identifies	obj
10	encountered	encounter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 rivals	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 lamp	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lamp	det
13	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 encountered	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 bridge	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bridge	det
16	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 encountered	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the three rivals		correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent rival=Theme
3	encounter	participle	the three rivals not said here	the bridge	by the lamp	vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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

A codfish's head, rotten wood and a beetle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 codfish	det
2	codfish	codfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 codfish	case
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wood	punct
6	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 beetle	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 beetle	det
10	beetle	beetle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	conj

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A herring's head, rotten wood and a glow-worm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 herring	det
2	herring	herring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 herring	case
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wood	punct
6	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 worm	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 worm	det
10	glow	glow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 worm	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 glow	punct
12	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	conj

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

Option 3

A herring's head, rotten wood, a glow-worm and a passing cat on the bridge

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 herring	det
2	herring	herring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 herring	case
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wood	punct
6	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 worm	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 worm	det
10	glow	glow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 worm	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 glow	punct
12	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 cat	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 cat	det
15	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 cat	amod
16	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 worm	conj
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 bridge	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 bridge	det
19	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A herring's head, dry wood and a firefly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 herring	det
2	herring	herring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 herring	case
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wood	punct
6	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 firefly	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 firefly	det
10	firefly	firefly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	conj

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

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