Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the d…

For what purpose did the peasant convey the frozen duckling to his dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose, peasant · What happens: do, convey, freeze · To what, where: frozen duckling, dwelling

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1013 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the duckling survives the hunters, a cottage, and a freezing winter» 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	For	for	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 peasant	det
6	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	nsubj
7	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 duckling	det
9	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 duckling	amod
10	duckling	duckling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 dwelling	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 dwelling	nmod:poss
13	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	do	past	purpose			tree rules
2	convey	infinitive	the peasant	the frozen duckling	peasant's dwelling	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent duckling=Topic to dwelling=Recipient
3	freeze	participle				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 right answer

To revive him by means of warmth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 revive	mark
2	revive	revive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	advcl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 revive	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 means	case
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 warmth	case
7	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revive	to-infinitive		him = he					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	mean	present						of warmth	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To sell him at the market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sell	mark
2	sell	sell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sell	iobj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 market	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 market	det
6	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	to-infinitive			him = he	the market			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at market=Asset

Option 3

To keep him as a pet for winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keep	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 pet	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pet	det
6	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		him = he			winter	as a pet	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To nurse him back to health slowly with warm food and a soft bed by the fire

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 nurse	mark
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 back	obl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 nurse	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 health	case
6	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 back	obl
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 back	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 food	case
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 food	amod
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 back	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bed	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bed	det
13	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bed	amod
14	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 food	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 fire	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fire	det
17	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 back	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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