Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 183: the shadow t…

Upon what grounds did the shadow decline to be addressed with the familiar form "thou"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: ground, do, address · To what, where: shadow decline

This is exam question 2 of lesson 972 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 183: the shadow tells how it became a man, then invites the scholar on a journey» 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	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	3 grounds	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 grounds	nsubj
3	grounds	ground	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grounds	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 decline	det
6	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 decline	compound
7	decline	decline	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 addressed	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 addressed	aux:pass
10	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 decline	acl
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 form	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 form	det
13	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 form	amod
14	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 addressed	obl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 thou	punct
16	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	14 form	appos
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 thou	punct
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 grounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ground	present			tree rules
2	do	past	the shadow decline		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decline=Eventuality
3	address	to-infinitive · passive	the shadow decline not said here	with the familiar form	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with form=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

It experienced a sensation of being crushed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 experienced	nsubj
2	experienced	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sensation	det
4	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 experienced	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 crushed	mark
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 crushed	aux:pass
7	crushed	crush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sensation	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	past	It	a sensation					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sensation=Stimulus
2	crush	gerund · passive		a sensation not said here					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»

Option 2

It experienced a sensation of being crushed and humiliated by the familiar address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 experienced	nsubj
2	experienced	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sensation	det
4	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 experienced	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 crushed	mark
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 crushed	aux:pass
7	crushed	crush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sensation	acl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 humiliated	cc
9	humiliated	humiliate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 crushed	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 address	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 address	det
12	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 address	amod
13	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 humiliated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	experience	past	It	a sensation		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sensation=Stimulus
2	crush	gerund · passive		a sensation not said here		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»
3	humiliate	participle			by the familiar address	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

It was overcome by an odd feeling of dread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 overcome	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 overcome	aux:pass
3	overcome	overcome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 feeling	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 feeling	det
6	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feeling	amod
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 overcome	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 dread	case
9	dread	dread	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feeling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overcome	past · passive	a odd feeling of dread	It					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme

Option 4

It regarded the form as a grave personal insult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regarded	nsubj
2	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	9 insult	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 insult	det
7	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 insult	amod
8	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 insult	amod
9	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past	It	the form				as a grave personal insult	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent form=Theme as insult=Value

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