Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldie…
Explain in what manner the soldier obtains the tinder-box, and state whether he retains it.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, soldier · What happens: explain, obtain, retain · To what, where: state, manner, tinder box, box
This is exam question 2 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 | Explain | explain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 manner | case |
| 3 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 4 manner | det |
| 4 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Explain | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 soldier | det |
| 6 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtains | nsubj |
| 7 | obtains | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Explain | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 box | det |
| 9 | tinder | tinder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 box | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 tinder | punct |
| 11 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtains | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 state | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 state | cc |
| 14 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Explain | obl |
| 15 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 17 retains | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 retains | nsubj |
| 17 | retains | retain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Explain | advcl |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 retains | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | state | what manner | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | obtain | present | the soldier | the tinder box | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset box=Theme | ||||
| 3 | retain | present | soldier | box | tree rules |
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
He is handed it by the witch, who then tries to take it back from him at the crossroads
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 handed | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 handed | aux:pass |
| 3 | handed | hand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 handed | obj |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 witch | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 witch | det |
| 7 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 handed | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tries | punct |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 tries | nsubj |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 tries | advmod |
| 11 | tries | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 witch | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 take | mark |
| 13 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 tries | xcomp |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 take | obj |
| 15 | back | back | ADV | _ | 13 take | advmod |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 take | obl |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 crossroads | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 crossroads | det |
| 20 | crossroads | crossroad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hand | present · passive | the witch | He | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | try | present | the witch | then | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | take back not said to happen | to-infinitive | the witch not said here | it | the crossroads | from him = he | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme from he=Source at crossroad=Asset |
Option 2
He is sold it by the king and loses it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sold | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sold | aux:pass |
| 3 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sold | obj |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sold | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 loses | cc |
| 9 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sold | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 loses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present · passive | the king | He | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | present | the king not said here | it | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3
He is given it by the king's own servant and sells it for gold in the town
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | obj |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 servant | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 servant | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 king | case |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 servant | amod |
| 10 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sells | cc |
| 12 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 sells | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 gold | case |
| 15 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sells | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 town | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 town | det |
| 18 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sells | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | the king's own servant | He | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sell | present | the king's own servant not said here | servant | the town | for gold | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme for gold=Asset |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He is given it by the witch and retains it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | obj |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 witch | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 witch | det |
| 7 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 retains | cc |
| 9 | retains | retain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 retains | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | the witch | He | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | retain | present | the witch not said here | it | tree rules |
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