Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 2…

Which of the following statements correctly identifies the claim made by the ant-queen regarding the ant-hill in relation to the adjacent tree?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, make, regard · To what, where: claim

This is exam question 4 of lesson 990 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 201: the elves' glittering maypole and feast, the violet staff and noisy kitchen, then the second mouse sets out to become a poet» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 identifies	obl
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 identifies	advmod
7	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 claim	det
9	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identifies	obj
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 claim	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	15 queen	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 queen	det
13	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 queen	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 ant	punct
15	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obl
16	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 hill	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hill	det
18	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 hill	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 ant	punct
20	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 claim	nmod
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 relation	case
22	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 hill	nmod
23	to	to	ADP	_	26 tree	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 tree	det
25	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 tree	amod
26	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identifies	obl
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the claim	of the following statements; regard the ant hill in relation; to the adjacent tree; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent claim=Theme to tree=be'
3	make	participle	the claim not said here	by the ant queen	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «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

She claimed ants were wise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wise	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wise	cop
5	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claimed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	ants					wise property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She asserted that the ant-hill was the loftiest object in the world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asserted	nsubj
2	asserted	assert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 object	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
5	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hill	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 ant	punct
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 object	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 object	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 object	det
10	loftiest	lofty	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 object	amod
11	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asserted	ccomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 world	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 world	det
14	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 object	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assert	past	She						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the ant hill	the loftiest object		the world			tree rules

Option 3

She denied that the ant-hill was taller than the nearby oak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denied	nsubj
2	denied	deny	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 taller	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
5	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hill	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 ant	punct
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 taller	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 taller	cop
9	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 denied	xcomp
10	than	than	ADP	_	13 oak	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 oak	det
12	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 oak	amod
13	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 taller	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deny	past	She						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the ant hill					than the nearby oak; tall property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She said the tree was taller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tree	det
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taller	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 taller	cop
6	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the tree					tall property	tree rules

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