Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…

Identify the precise object which the Scottish lady selects for the young gentleman's buttonhole in the garden.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Scottish lady · What happens: identify, select · To what, where: precise object, garden

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 object	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 object	amod
4	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 selects	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lady	det
7	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lady	amod
8	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 selects	nsubj
9	selects	select	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 object	acl:relcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	15 buttonhole	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gentleman	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 gentleman	amod
13	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 buttonhole	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 gentleman	case
15	buttonhole	buttonhole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 selects	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 garden	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 garden	det
18	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 selects	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the precise object					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
2	select	present	the Scottish lady	the precise object		the garden		for the young gentleman's buttonhole	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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

The large thistle flower that the lady picks from the field beyond the wall of the garden

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flower	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 flower	amod
3	thistle	thistle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 flower	amod
4	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 picks	nsubj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 picks	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lady	det
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 picks	nsubj
8	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 field	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 field	det
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 picks	obl
12	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	14 wall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wall	det
14	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 picks	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 garden	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 garden	det
17	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	present	the large thistle flower					beyond the wall of the garden; from the field	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent from field=Patient

Option 2

The yellow lily growing by the water trough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lily	det
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lily	amod
3	lily	lily	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 lily	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 trough	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trough	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trough	compound
8	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	the yellow lily not said here					by the water trough	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by trough=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The thistle flower growing beyond the palings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flower	det
2	thistle	thistle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flower	amod
3	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 flower	acl
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	7 palings	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palings	det
7	palings	paling	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	the thistle flower not said here			the palings			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond paling=Location

Option 4

The thistle flower growing outside the palings, which the lady cuts with her shears for the young man

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flower	det
2	thistle	thistle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flower	amod
3	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cuts	nsubj
4	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 flower	acl
5	outside	outside	ADP	_	7 palings	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palings	det
7	palings	paling	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 growing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cuts	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 cuts	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lady	det
11	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cuts	nsubj
12	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 shears	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 shears	nmod:poss
15	shears	shear	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cuts	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	19 man	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 man	det
18	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 man	amod
19	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cuts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	the thistle flower not said here			the palings			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside paling=Location
2	cut	present	the thistle flower					with lady's shears; for the young man	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent which=Product for man=Beneficiary

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