Exam question 4 · Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draw…

Which phrase correctly describes the old Count's garden in its French portion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: describe · To what, where: garden, French portion

This is exam question 4 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 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Count	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Count	amod
7	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 garden	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Count	case
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 portion	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 portion	nmod:poss
12	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 portion	amod
13	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	the old Count's garden		phrase's French portion		correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent garden=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

Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, fountains, and a view down to the river and the town

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hedges	amod
2	hedges	hedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 box	punct
4	trimmed	trim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 box	amod
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hedges	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 yew	cc
7	yew	yew	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hedges	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fountains	punct
9	fountains	fountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hedges	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 view	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 view	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 view	det
13	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hedges	conj
14	down	down	ADV	_	17 river	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 river	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 river	det
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 view	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 town	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 town	det
20	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 view	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trim	participle							vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Wild roses, open lawns and a small stone pond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 roses	amod
2	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lawns	punct
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lawns	amod
5	lawns	lawn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 roses	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pond	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pond	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pond	amod
9	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pond	compound
10	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roses	conj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, and fountains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hedges	amod
2	hedges	hedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 box	punct
4	trimmed	trim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 box	amod
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hedges	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 yew	cc
7	yew	yew	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hedges	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fountains	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fountains	cc
10	fountains	fountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hedges	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trim	participle							vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, fountains and a row of marble statues of the old gods

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hedges	amod
2	hedges	hedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 box	punct
4	trimmed	trim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 box	amod
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hedges	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 yew	cc
7	yew	yew	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hedges	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fountains	punct
9	fountains	fountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hedges	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 row	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 row	det
12	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hedges	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 statues	case
14	marble	marble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 statues	amod
15	statues	statue	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hedges	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 gods	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gods	det
18	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 gods	amod
19	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 statues	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trim	participle							vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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