Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick…

Which of the following statements most accurately reports the quarrel between the pen and the inkstand, as it is concluded in the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, report, conclude · To what, where: quarrel, text

This is exam question 4 of lesson 937 «Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick girl's window and gives her hope» 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	8 reports	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 reports	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 reports	advmod
8	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 quarrel	det
10	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reports	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 pen	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pen	det
13	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 quarrel	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 inkstand	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 inkstand	det
16	inkstand	inkstand	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pen	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 concluded	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	21 concluded	mark
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 concluded	nsubj:pass
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 concluded	aux:pass
21	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 reports	advcl
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 text	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 text	det
24	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 concluded	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 reports	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	report	present	the quarrel		of the following statements; between the pen and the inkstand; accurately property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Patient
3	conclude	present · passive	quarrel	the text		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

Each thought his own answer was the best, and both kept arguing until morning light

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 answer	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 best	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 best	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 best	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 thought	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kept	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kept	cc
11	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	12 kept	advmod
12	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	conj
13	arguing	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 kept	xcomp
14	until	until	ADP	_	16 light	case
15	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 light	compound
16	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 arguing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	Each			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	his own answer		good property	tree rules
3	keep	past	Each not said here			tree rules
4	argue speech: disagree	gerund	Each not said here	until morning light		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	answer		his = he			nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Each believed that he had made the stronger point, and neither would give in

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 made	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 made	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 believed	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 point	det
8	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 point	amod
9	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 give	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 give	cc
12	neither	neither	ADV	_	14 give	advmod
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 give	aux
14	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believed	conj
15	in	in	ADV	_	14 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	believe	past	Each			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	make	past · perfect	he	the stronger point		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Product
3	give in	would	Each not said here		neither property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The pen and inkstand both apologised to each other, shook hands, and then went into the drawer to rest until the next morning

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pen	det
2	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 apologised	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 inkstand	cc
4	inkstand	inkstand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pen	conj
5	both	both	ADV	_	6 apologised	advmod
6	apologised	apologise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 each	case
8	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	6 apologised	obl
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 each	fixed
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 shook	punct
11	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 apologised	conj
12	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 shook	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 went	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 went	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 went	advmod
16	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 apologised	conj
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 drawer	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 drawer	det
19	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 went	obl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 rest	mark
21	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 went	advcl
22	until	until	ADP	_	25 morning	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 morning	det
24	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 morning	amod
25	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apologise speech: apologize	past	the pen and inkstand				to each; both property	tree rules
2	shake	past	the pen and inkstand not said here	hands				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
3	go	past	the pen and inkstand not said here		the drawer	then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into drawer=Initial_Location
4	rest	to-infinitive	the pen and inkstand not said here			morning		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Each felt satisfied that he had given a good answer, and both slept well upon it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 given	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 given	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 given	aux
7	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 felt	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 answer	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 answer	amod
10	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 given	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 slept	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 slept	cc
13	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	14 slept	nsubj
14	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 slept	advmod
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	past	Each		satisfied property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	give	past · perfect · passive		he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient answer=Theme
3	sleep	past	both		upon answer; well property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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