Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a y…

Which of the following most accurately describes the sequence of events in the narrative from the calm period to the storm?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe · To what, where: sequence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 961 «Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a young Spanish couple sails toward Russia, but calm weather and then a storm blow their ship north» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sequence	det
9	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 events	case
11	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sequence	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 narrative	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 narrative	det
14	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 events	nmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	18 period	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 period	det
17	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 period	amod
18	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 narrative	nmod
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 storm	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 storm	det
21	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 period	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the sequence of events in the narrative from the calm period to the storm				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=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 · ✓ the right answer

After two months of calm, a fair south-west wind rises and the ship is driven by a storm toward Denmark.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 months	case
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 months	nummod
3	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 calm	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 calm	case
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rises	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wind	det
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wind	amod
9	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 west	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 south	punct
11	west	west	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wind	amod
12	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rises	nsubj
13	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 driven	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ship	det
16	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 driven	nsubj:pass
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 driven	aux:pass
18	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 rises	conj
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 storm	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 storm	det
21	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 driven	obl
22	toward	toward	ADP	_	23 Denmark	case
23	Denmark	Denmark	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 storm	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 calm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	a fair west wind						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drive	present · passive	a storm toward Denmark	the ship					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory

Option 2

After two months of calm, a fair south-west wind rises, but the ship is at once wrecked on the Scottish coast with all hands lost.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 months	case
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 months	nummod
3	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 rises	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 calm	case
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 months	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 months	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wind	det
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wind	amod
9	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 west	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 south	punct
11	west	west	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wind	amod
12	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rises	nsubj
13	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 wrecked	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 wrecked	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ship	det
17	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 wrecked	nsubj:pass
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 wrecked	aux:pass
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 once	case
20	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	21 wrecked	obl
21	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 rises	conj
22	on	on	ADP	_	25 coast	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 coast	det
24	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 coast	amod
25	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 wrecked	obl
26	with	with	SCONJ	_	29 lost	mark
27	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	28 hands	det
28	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 lost	nsubj
29	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 wrecked	advcl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 rises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	rise	present	a fair west wind			month	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wreck	present · passive		the ship	the Scottish coast		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	lose	past	all hands				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

After two months of calm, a fair south-west wind rises and the ship is driven by a storm toward Sweden.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 months	case
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 months	nummod
3	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 calm	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 calm	case
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rises	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wind	det
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wind	amod
9	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 west	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 south	punct
11	west	west	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wind	amod
12	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rises	nsubj
13	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 driven	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ship	det
16	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 driven	nsubj:pass
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 driven	aux:pass
18	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 rises	conj
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 storm	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 storm	det
21	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 driven	obl
22	toward	toward	ADP	_	23 Sweden	case
23	Sweden	Sweden	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 storm	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 calm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	a fair west wind						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drive	present · passive	a storm toward Sweden	the ship					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory

Option 4

After a long calm of two months, a fair south-west wind rises and the ship sails steadily on, until a sudden storm drives it hard toward Denmark, where the crew is lost at sea.

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 calm	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 calm	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 calm	amod
4	calm	calm	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rises	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 months	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 months	nummod
7	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 calm	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 calm	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wind	det
10	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wind	amod
11	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 west	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 south	punct
13	west	west	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wind	amod
14	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rises	nsubj
15	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sails	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ship	det
18	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sails	nsubj
19	sails	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 rises	conj
20	steadily	steadily	ADV	_	21 on	advmod
21	on	on	ADV	_	19 sails	advmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 drives	punct
23	until	until	SCONJ	_	27 drives	mark
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 storm	det
25	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 storm	amod
26	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 drives	nsubj
27	drives	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 rises	conj
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 drives	obj
29	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	27 drives	advmod
30	toward	toward	ADP	_	31 Denmark	case
31	Denmark	Denmark	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 drives	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 lost	punct
33	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	37 lost	advmod
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 crew	det
35	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 lost	nsubj:pass
36	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 lost	aux:pass
37	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 drives	conj
38	at	at	ADP	_	39 sea	case
39	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 lost	obl
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 rises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	a fair west wind			after a long calm		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sail	present	the ship					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3	drive	present	a sudden storm	ship			toward Denmark; hard property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory
4	lose	present · passive		the crew	sea			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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