Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…

Describe the manner in which the thistle's expectations are ultimately revealed to be mistaken.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, thistle · What happens: describe, reveal, mistake, expect · To what, where: manner, expectations

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 revealed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thistle	det
7	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 expectations	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 thistle	case
9	expectations	expectation	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 revealed	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 revealed	aux:pass
11	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	12 revealed	advmod
12	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	15 mistaken	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 mistaken	aux:pass
15	mistaken	mistake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 revealed	xcomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	reveal	present · passive		the thistle's expectations	the manner	ultimately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
3	mistake	to-infinitive · passive					tree rules
4	expect		the thistle				nom expectation «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 never moved into a pot as it hoped

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 moved	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moved	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 moved	advmod
4	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 pot	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pot	det
7	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moved	obl
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 hoped	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hoped	nsubj
10	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 moved	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not move	present · passive		It		a pot			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into pot=Trajectory
2	hope	past	pot						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

It is left to wither in the bed

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 left	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wither	mark
5	wither	wither	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 left	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bed	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bed	det
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wither	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		It					tree rules
2	wither	to-infinitive				the bed			vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It is never potted

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 potted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 potted	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 potted	advmod
4	potted	pot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pot	present · passive		It					vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It is thrown on the compost heap

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 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 heap	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 heap	det
6	compost	compost	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heap	compound
7	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present · passive		It		the compost heap			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme on heap=Destination

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