Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170:…

What judgement does the tutor pass upon those who affect noble airs without merit?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: judgement · What happens: pass, affect · To what, where: those, noble airs

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 judgement	det
2	judgement	judgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pass	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pass	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tutor	det
5	tutor	tutor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pass	nsubj
6	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 those	case
8	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 pass	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 affect	nsubj
10	affect	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 those	acl:relcl
11	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 airs	amod
12	airs	air	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 affect	obj
13	without	without	ADP	_	14 merit	case
14	merit	merit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pass	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 pass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present · do-support	what judgement			those		without merit	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon that=Location
2	affect	present		noble airs					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus air=Experiencer

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

He laughs at their pride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughs	nsubj
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 pride	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 pride	nmod:poss
5	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	He			their pride			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pride		their = they						nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He holds them up to satire as a mask

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 holds	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 satire	case
6	satire	satire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obl
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 mask	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mask	det
9	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	present	He	them = they				to satire; as a mask	vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme

Option 3

He holds them up to satire and warns that the mask will fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 holds	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 satire	case
6	satire	satire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 warns	cc
8	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 holds	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 fall	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mask	det
11	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fall	nsubj
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 fall	aux
13	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 warns	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hold up	present	He	them = they	to satire	vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme
2	warn speech: warn	present	He not said here			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fall	future	the mask			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He holds them up to satire, as a mask worn by proud men

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 holds	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 satire	case
6	satire	satire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mask	punct
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 mask	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mask	det
10	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	parataxis
11	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 mask	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 men	case
13	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 men	amod
14	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	present	He	them = they				to satire	vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme
2	wear	participle		a mask not said here				by proud men	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

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