Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…

With reference to the passage, to what extent does the thistle's self-regard prove to be justified by subsequent events?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: extent, subsequent events, thistle · What happens: do, prove, justify, regard · To what, where: self regard

This is exam question 1 of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 what	punct
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 what	case
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 passage	conj
9	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 does	nsubj
10	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 what	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 thistle	det
12	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 regard	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 thistle	case
14	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 regard	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 self	punct
16	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 does	obj
17	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 does	advcl
18	to	to	PART	_	20 justified	mark
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 justified	aux:pass
20	justified	justify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 prove	xcomp
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 events	case
22	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 events	amod
23	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 justified	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	present	extent	the thistle's self regard	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regard=Eventuality
2	prove	infinitive	extent not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	justify speech: other	to-infinitive · passive	subsequent events		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	regard		the thistle		nom regard «cognition transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

It is shown to be wholly unfounded by the events

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 shown	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shown	aux:pass
3	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	7 unfounded	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 unfounded	aux:pass
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	7 unfounded	advmod
7	unfounded	unfound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 shown	xcomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 events	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 events	det
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 unfounded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · passive		It					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	unfound	to-infinitive · passive	the events					wholly property	tree rules

Option 2

It is proven entirely false by the outcome

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 proven	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 proven	aux:pass
3	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 false	advmod
5	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 proven	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 outcome	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present · passive	the outcome	It				false property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

Largely justified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Largely	largely	ADV	_	2 justified	advmod
2	justified	justified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 4

It is largely borne out by the later events

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	4 borne	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 borne	aux:pass
3	largely	largely	ADV	_	4 borne	advmod
4	borne	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 borne	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 events	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 events	det
8	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 events	amod
9	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 borne	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear out	present · passive	the later events	It				largely property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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