Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170:…

Which principle governed the conduct of the baron's household, as stated in the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: principle · What happens: govern, state, conduct · To what, where: conduct, text, household

This is exam question 1 of lesson 959 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170: the old willow, the flute and the proud party» 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 principle	det
2	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 governed	nsubj
3	governed	govern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conduct	det
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 governed	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 household	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 baron	det
8	baron	baron	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 household	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 baron	case
10	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stated	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 stated	mark
13	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 governed	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 text	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 text	det
16	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stated	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 governed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	govern	past	which principle	the conduct of the baron's household		vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	state speech: other	participle	which principle not said here		the text	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	conduct			the baron's household		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

"Everything in the right place"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Everything	punct
2	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 place	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 place	det
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 place	amod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Everything	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Everything	punct

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

Option 2

Each in its own station

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 station	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 station	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 station	amod
5	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Each	nmod

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

Option 3

Everything in its proper right place and rank, without exception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	6 place	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 place	nmod:poss
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 place	amod
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 place	amod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Everything	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rank	cc
8	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 exception	punct
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 exception	case
11	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Everything	conj

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

Option 4

Every thing and every person kept in the right place always

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 thing	det
2	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 person	cc
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thing	conj
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thing	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 place	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 place	det
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 place	amod
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	obl
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		every thing and every person not said here		the right place		always property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location

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