Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snowdrop: a flower kept in a b…

What was the condition of the dwelling erected by Margaret upon the dyke?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: be, dwell, erect · To what, where: condition

This is exam question 3 of lesson 987 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snowdrop: a flower kept in a book, five brothers, and a street that builds a house» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 dwelling	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dwelling	det
7	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 condition	acl
8	erected	erect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 dwelling	xcomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 Margaret	case
10	Margaret	Margaret	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 erected	obl
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 dyke	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dyke	det
13	dyke	dyke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 erected	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the condition		tree rules
2	dwell	gerund	the condition not said here			tree rules
3	erect	participle	the condition not said here		by Margaret; upon the dyke	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: 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

Its chimney was tall and its floor wet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 chimney	nmod:poss
2	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tall	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tall	cop
4	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wet	cc
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 floor	nmod:poss
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wet	nsubj
8	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tall	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Its chimney					tall property	tree rules
2	be		chimney's floor						tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Its window was crooked and its door low

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 window	nmod:poss
2	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crooked	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crooked	cop
4	crooked	crooked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 low	cc
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 door	nmod:poss
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 low	nsubj
8	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crooked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Its window					crooked property	tree rules
2	be		window's door						tree rules

Option 3

Its window was crooked and its door was low, with a broken latch and a leaking roof

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 window	nmod:poss
2	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crooked	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crooked	cop
4	crooked	crooked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 low	cc
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 door	nmod:poss
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 low	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 low	cop
9	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crooked	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 latch	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 latch	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 latch	det
13	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 latch	amod
14	latch	latch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crooked	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 roof	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 roof	det
17	leaking	leak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 roof	amod
18	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 latch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	Its window	crooked property	tree rules
2	is	past	window's door	low property	tree rules
3	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	leak	gerund			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 4

Its window was crooked and its door low, and its roof was thatched with reeds

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 window	nmod:poss
2	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crooked	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crooked	cop
4	crooked	crooked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 low	cc
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 door	nmod:poss
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 low	nsubj
8	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crooked	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 thatched	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thatched	cc
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 roof	nmod:poss
12	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thatched	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 thatched	aux:pass
14	thatched	thatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 crooked	conj
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 reeds	case
16	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 thatched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	Its window		crooked property	tree rules
2	be		window's door			tree rules
3	thatch	past · passive		window's roof	with reeds	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with reed=Theme

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