Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it…

Which of the following accurately characterises the watchman's regard for the lamp?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: watchman · What happens: follow, characteris, regard · To what, where: regard

This is exam question 2 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	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	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 characterises	advmod
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 watchman	det
8	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 regard	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 watchman	case
10	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterises	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 lamp	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lamp	det
13	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 regard	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the watchman's regard	for the lamp; accurately property	tree rules
3	regard		the watchman		for the lamp	nom regard «cognition transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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

He regarded it as a fine ornament for the mayor's house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regarded	nsubj
2	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regarded	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 ornament	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ornament	det
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ornament	amod
7	ornament	ornament	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mayor	det
10	mayor	Mayor	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 house	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 mayor	case
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past	He	it				as a fine ornament; for the mayor's house	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme for house=Attribute

Option 2

He treated it like a tool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 treated	nsubj
2	treated	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 treated	obj
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 tool	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tool	det
6	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 treated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	past	He	it				like a tool	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

Option 3

He regarded it almost as a rival to his own wife and children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regarded	nsubj
2	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regarded	obj
4	almost	almost	ADV	_	7 rival	advmod
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 rival	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rival	det
7	rival	rival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 wife	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wife	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wife	amod
11	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 children	cc
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 wife	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past	He	it				as a rival; to his own wife and children	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent it=Theme as rival=Value

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He regarded it almost as his own child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regarded	nsubj
2	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regarded	obj
4	almost	almost	ADV	_	8 child	advmod
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 child	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 child	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 child	amod
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past	He	it				as his own child	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent it=Theme as child=Value

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