Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, t…

Which of the following best describes the means by which the queen identified the location of the soldier's dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, queen · What happens: follow, describe, mean, identify · To what, where: location · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1003 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, the three dogs and the soldier's escape» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 identified	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 queen	det
12	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 identified	nsubj
13	identified	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 location	det
15	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 identified	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 dwelling	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 soldier	det
18	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dwelling	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 soldier	case
20	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 location	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the not said here		of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	identify	past	the queen	the location of the soldier's dwelling		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=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

She stitched a silk pouch, loaded it with buckwheat flour and punched holes to trace his path

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stitched	nsubj
2	stitched	stitch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pouch	det
4	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pouch	compound
5	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stitched	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 loaded	punct
7	loaded	load	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stitched	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 loaded	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 flour	case
10	buckwheat	buckwheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flour	compound
11	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loaded	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 punched	cc
13	punched	punch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stitched	conj
14	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 punched	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 trace	mark
16	trace	trace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 punched	advcl
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 path	nmod:poss
18	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 trace	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stitch	past	She	a silk pouch		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pouch=Product
2	load	past	She not said here	pouch	with buckwheat flour	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with flour=Theme
3	punch	past	She not said here	holes		vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient
4	trace	to-infinitive	She not said here	his path		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme

Option 2

She used a sack of flour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sack	det
4	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 flour	case
6	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	She	a sack of flour					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She fashioned a silk bag, filled it with buckwheat flour and perforated it so as to mark the route

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fashioned	nsubj
2	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bag	amod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bag	det
4	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bag	compound
5	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 filled	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bag	punct
7	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 filled	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 flour	case
10	buckwheat	buckwheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flour	compound
11	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 filled	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 perforated	cc
13	perforated	perforate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 filled	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 perforated	obj
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 mark	advmod
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 mark	mark
17	to	to	PART	_	18 mark	mark
18	mark	mark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 perforated	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 route	det
20	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 mark	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fill	past	a fashioned silk bag	it	with buckwheat flour	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with flour=Instrument
2	perforate	past	a fashioned silk bag not said here	bag		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	mark	to-infinitive	a fashioned silk bag not said here	the route		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent route=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She sent guards to search each house and questioned every single household in the town one by one

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sent	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 search	mark
5	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	advcl
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 search	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 questioned	cc
9	questioned	question	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	conj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 household	det
11	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 household	amod
12	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 questioned	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 town	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 town	det
15	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 questioned	obl
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 questioned	obl:unmarked
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 one	case
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send	past	She	guards			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Theme
2	search	to-infinitive	She not said here	each house			vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Location
3	question speech: other	past	She not said here	every single household	the town	one by one obl:unmarked	vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=Recipient

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