Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie: Ole's brother Death s…

Which remark does the portrait make upon the proceedings, and what is its import?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: remark · What happens: do, make, be · To what, where: portrait, import

This is exam question 4 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 remark	det
2	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 portrait	det
5	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	xcomp
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 proceedings	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 proceedings	det
9	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 make	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 import	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 import	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 import	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 import	cop
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 import	nmod:poss
15	import	import	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	which remark	the portrait		tree rules
2	make	present	which remark not said here		upon the proceedings	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	is a	present		remark's import		tree rules

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

that it is very instructive indeed, and it is quite satisfied with all of the proceedings

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 instructive	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 instructive	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 instructive	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 instructive	advmod
5	instructive	instructive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	5 instructive	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 satisfied	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 satisfied	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 satisfied	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 satisfied	cop
11	quite	quite	ADV	_	12 satisfied	advmod
12	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 instructive	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 satisfied	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 proceedings	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 proceedings	det
17	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	14 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					indeed, instructive property	tree rules
2	is	present	it					with all; satisfied property	tree rules

Option 2

that the whole ride is very instructive for the boys, so the portrait is greatly satisfied with them

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 instructive	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ride	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ride	amod
4	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 instructive	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 instructive	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 instructive	advmod
7	instructive	instructive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 boys	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boys	det
10	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 instructive	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 satisfied	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	17 satisfied	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 portrait	det
14	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 satisfied	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 satisfied	cop
16	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	17 satisfied	advmod
17	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 instructive	conj
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 satisfied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the whole ride					for the boys; instructive property	tree rules
2	is	present	the portrait					with boys = boy; greatly, satisfied property	tree rules

Option 3

that it is rather sad, and it is not pleased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 sad	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sad	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sad	cop
4	rather	rather	ADV	_	5 sad	advmod
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sad	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pleased	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pleased	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pleased	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 pleased	advmod
11	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					sad property	tree rules
2	not is	present	it					pleased property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

that it is very instructive, so it is satisfied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 instructive	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 instructive	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 instructive	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 instructive	advmod
5	instructive	instructive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 satisfied	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 satisfied	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 satisfied	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 satisfied	cop
10	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 instructive	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					instructive property	tree rules
2	is	present	it					satisfied property	tree rules

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