Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldie…
Which of the following is the principal object the soldier seeks upon descending into the hollow tree?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, seek, descend · To what, where: hollow tree
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1002 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldier takes gold from the dogs' chests, spends it, and calls the princess up with the tinder-box» 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 | 11 seeks | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 object | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 object | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 object | case |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 object | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 object | det |
| 7 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 object | amod |
| 8 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 seeks | obl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 soldier | det |
| 10 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 seeks | nsubj |
| 11 | seeks | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 13 descending | mark |
| 13 | descending | descend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 seeks | advcl |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 tree | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 tree | det |
| 16 | hollow | hollow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 tree | amod |
| 17 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 descending | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 seeks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | of the principal object | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | seek | present | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | descend | gerund | the hollow tree | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into tree=Location |
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
the treasure stored in the chests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 treasure | det |
| 2 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | stored | store | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 treasure | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 chests | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chests | det |
| 6 | chests | chest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stored | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | store | participle | the treasure not said here | the chests | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in chest=Location |
Option 2
the wealth of the witch hidden in a secret room
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wealth | det |
| 2 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 witch | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 witch | det |
| 5 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wealth | nmod |
| 6 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 wealth | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 room | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 room | det |
| 9 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 room | amod |
| 10 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | participle | the wealth of the witch not said here | a secret room | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location |
Option 3
the golden crown lying in the hollow tree's centre
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 crown | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 crown | amod |
| 3 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 crown | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 centre | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tree | det |
| 7 | hollow | hollow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tree | amod |
| 8 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 centre | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 tree | case |
| 10 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | gerund | the golden crown not said here | the hollow tree's centre | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in centre=Location |
Option 4
the princess hidden in a tower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 princess | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 tower | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tower | det |
| 6 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | participle | the princess not said here | a tower | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tower=Location |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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