Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie: Ole's brother Death s…

Which of the following is the correct designation of the figure Hjalmar observes at the window?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: correct designation · What happens: follow, be, observe · To what, where: window

This is exam question 1 of lesson 928 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie: Ole's brother Death shows Hjalmar how he sorts the riders by their mark-books» 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	13 observes	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 designation	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 designation	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 designation	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 designation	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 designation	det
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 designation	amod
8	designation	designation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 observes	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 figure	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 figure	det
11	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 designation	nmod
12	Hjalmar	Hjalmar	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 figure	appos
13	observes	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 window	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 window	det
16	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 observes	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 observes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			follow the correct designation; of the figure	tree rules
3	observe	present	the correct designation	the window		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic

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

Death, the old and grim brother of Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream-god of the attic

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 brother	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brother	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 brother	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 grim	cc
6	grim	grim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 old	conj
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Death	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Ole	case
9	Ole	Ole	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 brother	nmod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 Luk	punct
11	Luk	Luk	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Ole	conj
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Oie	punct
13	Oie	Oie	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Ole	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 god	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 god	det
16	Dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 god	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 Dream	punct
18	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Death	appos
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 attic	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 attic	det
21	attic	attic	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 god	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Death, the brother of Ole-Luk-Oie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 brother	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brother	det
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Death	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Ole	case
6	Ole	Ole	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 brother	nmod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Luk	punct
8	Luk	Luk	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ole	conj
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 Oie	punct
10	Oie	Oie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ole	conj

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

Option 3

the sad figure at the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 figure	det
2	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 figure	amod
3	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 window	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 window	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 figure	nmod

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

Option 4

Death, the brother of Ole-Luk-Oie, who rides the white horse at night

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rides	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 brother	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brother	det
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Death	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Ole	case
6	Ole	Ole	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 brother	nmod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Luk	punct
8	Luk	Luk	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ole	conj
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 Oie	punct
10	Oie	Oie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ole	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rides	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 rides	nsubj
13	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 horse	det
15	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 horse	amod
16	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rides	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 night	case
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	present	Death and the brother of Ole and Luk and Oie	the white horse			night		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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