Exam question 2 · Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draw…

To what did the Professor advise George to devote his twice-weekly attendance?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: George · What happens: devote, attend · To what, where: weekly attendance

This is exam question 2 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 devote	obl
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 devote	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 advise	det
5	Professor	Professor	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 advise	compound
6	advise	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 did	parataxis
8	to	to	PART	_	9 devote	mark
9	devote	devote	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 attendance	nmod:poss
11	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 weekly	advmod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 twice	punct
13	weekly	weekly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 attendance	amod
14	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 devote	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 devote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devote	past · do-support		George's weekly attendance					vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent attendance=Theme to what=Goal
2	attend		George						nom attendance «act transitive»: poss=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

His drawing class at the Academy, held twice a week in the great hall of the palace

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 class	nmod:poss
2	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 class	compound
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 held	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 Academy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Academy	det
6	Academy	Academy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 class	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 held	punct
8	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 held	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 week	det
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 held	obl:unmarked
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 hall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hall	det
14	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hall	amod
15	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 held	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 palace	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 palace	det
18	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle	His drawing class at the Academy			the great hall of the palace	week	twice property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

His painting lessons at the school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 lessons	nmod:poss
2	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lessons	compound
3	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 school	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 school	det
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lessons	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His drawing class at the Academy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 class	nmod:poss
2	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 class	compound
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 Academy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Academy	det
6	Academy	Academy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 class	nmod

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

Option 4

His drawing lessons in the old school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 lessons	nmod:poss
2	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lessons	compound
3	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 school	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 school	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 school	amod
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lessons	nmod

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

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