Exam question 4 · Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and trave…

By what means does the narrator describe Jurgen's religious feelings within the church at Skjagen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: mean, describe · To what, where: religious feelings

This is exam question 4 of lesson 967 «Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and travels to Skjagen» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 describe	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 describe	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	nsubj
7	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 feelings	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Jurgen	case
10	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 feelings	amod
11	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describe	obj
12	within	within	ADP	_	14 church	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 church	det
14	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 Skjagen	case
16	Skjagen	Skjagen	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 church	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	describe	present · do-support	the narrator	Jurgen's religious feelings				within the church at Skjagen	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent feeling=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

By recalling his mother's voice singing hymns in the cold Ringkjobing church, which made him weep for the home he had lost forever

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 recalling	mark
2	recalling	recall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mother	nmod:poss
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 voice	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 mother	case
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recalling	obj
7	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 recalling	advcl
8	hymns	hymn	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 singing	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 church	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 church	det
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 church	amod
12	Ringkjobing	Ringkjobing	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 church	compound
13	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 singing	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 made	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 made	nsubj
16	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 church	acl:relcl
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 made	obj
18	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 made	xcomp
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 home	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 home	det
21	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 weep	obl
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 lost	nsubj
23	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 lost	aux
24	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 home	acl:relcl
25	forever	forever	ADV	_	24 lost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	recall	gerund		his mother's voice			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme
2	sing speech: express	gerund		hymns	the cold Ringkjobing church		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hymn=Theme
3	make	past	the cold Ringkjobing church	him = he			tree rules
4	weep	infinitive	him = he not said here			for the home	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	lose	past · perfect	he	the home not said here		forever property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A holy, childlike feeling, distinct from that of Spain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feeling	det
2	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feeling	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 holy	punct
4	childlike	childlike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feeling	amod
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 distinct	punct
7	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feeling	amod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 that	case
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 distinct	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Spain	case
11	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 that	nmod

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

Option 3

Through the sound of the rolling sea outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 sound	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sound	det
3	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
6	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 sea	amod
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sound	nmod
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	7 sea	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Through a holy, childlike feeling, distinct from the loud Catholic devotion he had seen once in Spain on a pilgrimage with his father

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	6 feeling	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 feeling	det
3	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feeling	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 holy	punct
5	childlike	childlike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feeling	amod
6	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 distinct	punct
8	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feeling	amod
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 devotion	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 devotion	det
11	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 devotion	amod
12	Catholic	catholic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 devotion	amod
13	devotion	devotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 distinct	obl
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 seen	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 seen	aux
16	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 devotion	acl:relcl
17	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 seen	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 Spain	case
19	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 seen	obl
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 pilgrimage	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 pilgrimage	det
22	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 seen	obl
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 father	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 father	nmod:poss
25	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 pilgrimage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · perfect	he	the loud Catholic devotion not said here		Spain		on a pilgrimage with Spain's father; once property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer devotion=Stimulus

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