Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talk…
Why, according to Ole, did the stars fall upon the graves of the dead?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ole, stars · What happens: accord, do, fall · To what, where: graves
This is exam question 4 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 did | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Ole | punct |
| 3 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 Ole | case |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 according | fixed |
| 5 | Ole | Ole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 did | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Ole | punct |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 stars | det |
| 9 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 fall | nsubj |
| 10 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 did | parataxis |
| 11 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 13 graves | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 graves | det |
| 13 | graves | grave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 fall | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 dead | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 dead | det |
| 16 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 graves | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | 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 | do | past | Ole | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | fall | present | the stars | the graves of the dead | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon grave=Location |
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 · ✓ the right answer
because silent thanks were caught up and returned as shooting stars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 caught | mark |
| 2 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 thanks | amod |
| 3 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 caught | aux:pass |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 caught | compound:prt |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 returned | cc |
| 8 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 caught | conj |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 stars | case |
| 10 | shooting | shooting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stars | compound |
| 11 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 returned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch up | past · passive | silent thanks | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | return | participle | as shooting stars | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
because silent prayers were sent up and fell back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 sent | mark |
| 2 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 prayers | amod |
| 3 | prayers | prayer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sent | aux:pass |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 sent | compound:prt |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 fell | cc |
| 8 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sent | conj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 fell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send up | past · passive | silent prayers | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fall back | past | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
because silent thanks from the living were caught up in the air and returned to earth as shooting stars
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 caught | mark |
| 2 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 thanks | amod |
| 3 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 8 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 living | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 living | det |
| 6 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thanks | nmod |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 caught | aux:pass |
| 8 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 caught | compound:prt |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 air | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 air | det |
| 12 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 caught | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 returned | cc |
| 14 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 caught | conj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 earth | case |
| 16 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 returned | obl |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 19 stars | case |
| 18 | shooting | shooting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 stars | compound |
| 19 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 returned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch up | past · passive | silent thanks from the living | the air | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | return | past | to earth result; as shooting stars | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to earth=Result |
Option 4
because the sky was full of old wishes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 full | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sky | det |
| 3 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 full | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 full | cop |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wishes | case |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wishes | amod |
| 8 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the sky | of old wishes; full property | tree rules |
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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