Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talk…

According to the passage, which book did the narrator lend to Ole?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: accord, lend · To what, where: Ole

This is exam question 1 of lesson 929 «Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talks about boulders, the wild ride to Amack and falling stars» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lend	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 did	obj
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lend	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 narrator	det
10	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
11	lend	lend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 Ole	case
13	Ole	Ole	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 lend	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 lend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	lend	past · do-support			Ole			accord the passage	vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ole=Recipient

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 travel guide to the northern seas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 guide	det
2	travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guide	compound
3	guide	guide	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 seas	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 seas	det
6	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seas	amod
7	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 guide	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a geological book concerning the boulders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	geological	geological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 book	amod
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 book	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boulders	det
6	boulders	boulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	a geological book not said here	the boulders					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boulder=Experiencer

Option 3

a heavy geological volume concerning the boulders, the glaciers, and the northern shores

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 volume	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 volume	amod
3	geological	geological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 volume	amod
4	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 volume	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boulders	det
7	boulders	boulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 concerning	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 glaciers	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 glaciers	det
10	glaciers	glacier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 boulders	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shores	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 shores	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shores	det
14	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shores	amod
15	shores	shore	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 volume	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	a heavy geological volume and the northern shores not said here	the boulders and the glaciers					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boulder=Experiencer

Option 4

a rare geological book concerning the boulders and the ancient stones of the north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 book	det
2	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 book	amod
3	geological	geological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 book	amod
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 boulders	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boulders	det
7	boulders	boulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 book	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stones	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stones	det
10	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stones	amod
11	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 boulders	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 north	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 north	det
14	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stones	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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