Exam question 1 · Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draw…

Which object did George draw upon one of the leaves of the book?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: draw

This is exam question 1 of lesson 945 «Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draws Emily's castle and leaves for Rome» 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 draw	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 draw	aux
4	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 draw	nsubj
5	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 one	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 draw	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 leaves	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 leaves	det
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 one	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 book	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 book	det
13	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leaves	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 draw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past · do-support	which object					upon one of the leaves of the book	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

A cottage, called by him "Rosy Hall"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cottage	det
2	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 called	punct
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cottage	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 called	obl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Hall	punct
8	Rosy	Rosy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Hall	compound
9	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 called	xcomp
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Hall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		a cottage not said here				by him = he	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 castle	det
2	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

A chapel, named by him "St. Mary's"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chapel	det
2	chapel	chapel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 named	punct
4	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chapel	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 named	obl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Mary	punct
8	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Mary	nmod:desc
9	Mary	Mary	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 named	parataxis
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Mary	case
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Mary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle		a chapel not said here				by him = he	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A castle, named by him "Emily's Castle"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 castle	det
2	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 named	punct
4	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 castle	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 named	obl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 Castle	punct
8	Emily	Emily	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Castle	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Emily	case
10	Castle	Castle	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 named	obl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 Castle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle	a castle not said here	Emily's Castle				by him = he	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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