Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wanderin…

Which account correctly states the reason for the delay of the marriage outfit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: account · What happens: state · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 949 «Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wandering Marie is lifted onto a ship» 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 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 states	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 states	advmod
4	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reason	det
6	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 states	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 delay	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 delay	det
9	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reason	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 outfit	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 outfit	det
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 outfit	compound
13	outfit	outfit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 delay	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	which account	the reason				for the delay of the marriage outfit; correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic

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

Pirates seized the cargo, and the outfit was delayed for many weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 seized	nsubj
2	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cargo	det
4	cargo	cargo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seized	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 delayed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 delayed	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outfit	det
8	outfit	outfit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 delayed	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 delayed	cop
10	delayed	delayed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 seized	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 weeks	case
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 weeks	amod
13	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 delayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	Pirates	the cargo					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cargo=Theme
2	is	past	the outfit				week	delayed property	tree rules

Option 2

Heavy fog along the coast delayed the cargo for some weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fog	amod
2	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 delayed	nsubj
3	along	along	ADP	_	5 coast	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coast	det
5	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fog	nmod
6	delayed	delay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cargo	det
8	cargo	cargo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 delayed	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 weeks	case
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 weeks	det
11	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 delayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delay	past	Heavy fog along the coast	the cargo			week		vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent cargo=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Contrary winds, or no winds at all, delayed the vessel for four months

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Contrary	contrary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 winds	amod
2	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 delayed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 winds	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 winds	cc
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 winds	det
6	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 winds	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 winds	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 winds	punct
10	delayed	delay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 vessel	det
12	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 delayed	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 months	case
14	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 months	nummod
15	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 delayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delay	past	Contrary winds or no winds at all	the vessel			month		vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent vessel=Source

Option 4

Contrary winds, or no winds at all, delayed the vessel for four whole months and forced it back to port twice in the autumn storms

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Contrary	contrary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 winds	amod
2	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 delayed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 winds	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 winds	cc
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 winds	det
6	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 winds	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 winds	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 winds	punct
10	delayed	delay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 vessel	det
12	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 delayed	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 months	case
14	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 months	nummod
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 months	amod
16	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 delayed	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 forced	cc
18	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 delayed	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 forced	obj
20	back	back	ADV	_	18 forced	advmod
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 port	case
22	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 forced	obl
23	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	18 forced	advmod
24	in	in	ADP	_	27 storms	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 storms	det
26	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 storms	compound
27	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 forced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delay	past	Contrary winds or no winds at all	the vessel			month		vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent vessel=Source
2	force back	past	Contrary winds or no winds at all not said here	vessel		the autumn storms		to port; twice property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

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