Exam question 3 · Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then s…

Which quality of the funeral gathering is accurately recorded in the passage as distinct from the expected solemnity of such occasions?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: record, expect · To what, where: quality, passage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 964 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then sails out and sees a Spanish city» 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 quality	det
2	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 gathering	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gathering	det
5	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gathering	compound
6	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quality	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 recorded	aux:pass
8	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	9 recorded	advmod
9	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 passage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 passage	det
12	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recorded	obl
13	as	as	ADP	_	14 distinct	case
14	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 passage	amod
15	from	from	ADP	_	18 solemnity	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 solemnity	det
17	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 solemnity	amod
18	solemnity	solemnity	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 distinct	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 occasions	case
20	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 occasions	amod
21	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 solemnity	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 recorded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present · passive		which quality of the funeral gathering		the passage		accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in passage=Destination
2	expect	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

The guests were cheerful enough, with plenty to eat and drink, apart from some tears.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guests	det
2	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cheerful	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cheerful	cop
4	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 cheerful	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 plenty	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 plenty	case
8	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheerful	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 eat	mark
10	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 plenty	acl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 drink	cc
12	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 eat	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 apart	punct
14	apart	apart	ADV	_	12 drink	advmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 tears	case
16	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	17 tears	det
17	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 apart	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cheerful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	the guests	cheerful, enough property	tree rules
2	eat	to-infinitive	the guests not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	drink	infinitive	the guests not said here	apart property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The guests were cheerful enough, with plenty to eat and drink, apart from some tears shed quietly by the grave.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guests	det
2	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cheerful	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cheerful	cop
4	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 cheerful	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 plenty	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 plenty	case
8	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheerful	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 eat	mark
10	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 plenty	acl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 drink	cc
12	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 eat	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 apart	punct
14	apart	apart	ADV	_	12 drink	advmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 tears	case
16	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	17 tears	det
17	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 apart	obl
18	shed	shed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 tears	acl
19	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	18 shed	advmod
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 grave	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 grave	det
22	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shed	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cheerful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the guests		cheerful, enough property	tree rules
2	eat	to-infinitive	the guests not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	drink	infinitive	the guests not said here		apart property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	shed	participle		some tears not said here	by the grave; quietly property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 3

The guests were angry, with bitter wine and no music.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guests	det
2	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 angry	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wine	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 wine	case
7	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wine	amod
8	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 angry	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 music	cc
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 music	det
11	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wine	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 angry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the guests					angry property	tree rules

Option 4

The guests were cheerful enough, with plenty to eat and drink, though the solemn psalms of the priest were sung all day long.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guests	det
2	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cheerful	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cheerful	cop
4	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 cheerful	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 plenty	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 plenty	case
8	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheerful	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 eat	mark
10	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 plenty	acl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 drink	cc
12	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 eat	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 sung	punct
14	though	though	SCONJ	_	22 sung	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 psalms	det
16	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 psalms	amod
17	psalms	psalm	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 sung	nsubj:pass
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 priest	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 priest	det
20	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 psalms	nmod
21	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 sung	aux:pass
22	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 drink	conj
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 day	det
24	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sung	obl:unmarked
25	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 sung	advmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cheerful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the guests			cheerful, enough property	tree rules
2	eat	to-infinitive	the guests not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	drink	infinitive	the guests not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	sing speech: express	past · passive		the solemn psalms of the priest	day	long property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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