Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds o…
What inscription was placed upon the monument of snow?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: place · To what, where: inscription, monument
This is exam question 2 of lesson 931 «Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds of the dead and the aunt who lived for the theatre» 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 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 inscription | det |
| 2 | inscription | inscription | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 placed | aux:pass |
| 4 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 monument | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 monument | det |
| 7 | monument | monument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 placed | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 snow | case |
| 9 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 monument | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 placed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | past · passive | what inscription | the monument of snow | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon monument=Destination |
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
Quicker than snow melts, thou brought help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 brought | advmod |
| 2 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 4 melts | mark |
| 3 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 melts | nsubj |
| 4 | melts | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Quicker | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 brought | punct |
| 6 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 brought | nsubj |
| 7 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brought | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt | present | snow | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | bring | past | thou | help | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent help=Theme |
Option 2
Quicker than this melts didst thou bring help to my people in the famine!
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 didst | nsubj |
| 2 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 4 melts | mark |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 melts | nsubj |
| 4 | melts | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Quicker | advcl |
| 5 | didst | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 bring | nsubj |
| 7 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 didst | ccomp |
| 8 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bring | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 people | case |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 people | nmod:poss |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 bring | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 famine | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 famine | det |
| 14 | famine | famine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 people | nmod |
| 15 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 didst | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt | present | this | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | do | past | Quicker | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | bring | infinitive | thou | help | my people in the famine | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent help=Theme to people=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Quicker than this melts didst thou bring help!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 didst | nsubj |
| 2 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 4 melts | mark |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 melts | nsubj |
| 4 | melts | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Quicker | advcl |
| 5 | didst | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 bring | nsubj |
| 7 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 didst | xcomp |
| 8 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bring | obj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 didst | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt | present | this | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | do | past | Quicker | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | bring | infinitive | thou | help | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent help=Theme |
Option 4
Thou brought help quicker than this melts!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 2 brought | nsubj |
| 2 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 brought | obj |
| 4 | quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 help | amod |
| 5 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 7 melts | mark |
| 6 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 melts | nsubj |
| 7 | melts | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 quicker | advcl |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 brought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | Thou | help | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent help=Theme | ||||
| 2 | melt | present | this | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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