Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it…

What, according to the wind, would be the consequence of the lamp receiving a memory?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: consequence · What happens: accord, be, receive · To what, where: consequence, memory

This is exam question 1 of lesson 925 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it will be melted down» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wind	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 wind	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wind	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 consequence	punct
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 consequence	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 consequence	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 consequence	det
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wind	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 lamp	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lamp	det
14	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consequence	nmod
15	receiving	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 consequence	acl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 memory	det
17	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 receiving	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	would		the consequence	of the lamp	tree rules
3	receive	gerund	the consequence not said here	a memory		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Theme

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

It would be remembered by the town for ever and ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remembered	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remembered	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 remembered	aux:pass
4	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 town	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 town	det
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remembered	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ever	case
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 remembered	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ever	cc
11	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 ever	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	would · passive	the town	It					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

Its time would pass quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 time	nmod:poss
2	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pass	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pass	aux
4	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 pass	advmod

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

Option 3

Its old age would pass very pleasantly and it would be melted in the foundry

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 age	nmod:poss
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 age	amod
3	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pass	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pass	aux
5	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 pleasantly	advmod
7	pleasantly	pleasantly	ADV	_	5 pass	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 melted	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 melted	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 melted	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 melted	aux:pass
12	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pass	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 foundry	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 foundry	det
15	foundry	foundry	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 melted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	would	Its old age					pleasantly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	melt	would · passive		age		the foundry			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Its old age would pass very pleasantly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 age	nmod:poss
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 age	amod
3	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pass	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pass	aux
5	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 pleasantly	advmod
7	pleasantly	pleasantly	ADV	_	5 pass	advmod

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

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