Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the pr…

Which object, according to the narrator, is depicted upon the cupboard door in the parlor?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: accord, depict · To what, where: object, parlor

This is exam question 2 of lesson 973 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the princess, the learned man is executed» 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 depicted	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 narrator	punct
4	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 narrator	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 according	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 narrator	det
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 object	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 object	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 depicted	aux:pass
10	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 door	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 door	det
13	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 door	compound
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 depicted	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 parlor	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 parlor	det
17	parlor	parlor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 depicted	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 depicted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	depict	present · passive		which object		the parlor		upon the cupboard door	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=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

An engraving of a battle scene

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 engraving	det
2	engraving	engraving	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 scene	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 scene	det
5	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scene	compound
6	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 engraving	nmod

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

Option 2

A painted figure of a noble lady

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 figure	det
2	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 figure	amod
3	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 lady	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lady	det
6	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lady	amod
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 figure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	figure			a noble lady					nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A carved figure of a grotesque man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 figure	det
2	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 figure	amod
3	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 man	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	grotesque	grotesque	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 figure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	figure			a grotesque man					nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A carved figure of a grotesque man with a goat's legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 figure	det
2	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 figure	amod
3	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 man	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	grotesque	grotesque	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 figure	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 legs	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 goat	det
10	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 legs	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 goat	case
12	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	figure			a grotesque man with a goat's legs					nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient

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