Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling fl…

Which of the following correctly describes the fate of the gingerbread maiden in the story told by the seller?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, tell, fate · To what, where: fate, story, gingerbread maiden · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1014 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling flies to the swans, sees his own beauty, and is welcomed» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fate	det
8	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 maiden	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 maiden	det
11	gingerbread	gingerbread	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 maiden	compound
12	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fate	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 story	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 story	det
15	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 maiden	nmod
16	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 story	acl
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 seller	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 seller	det
19	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 told	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the fate of the gingerbread maiden in the story	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	participle	the story not said here	by the seller	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	fate		the gingerbread maiden in the story		nom fate «event transitive»: of=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

She is sold to a rich man at the fair

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	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	to	to	ADP	_	7 man	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 fair	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fair	det
10	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present · passive		She	a rich man	the fair			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme to man=Recipient at fair=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She breaks in two after lying dry and hard on the counter

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 breaks	nsubj
2	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 two	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 breaks	obl
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 lying	mark
6	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 breaks	advcl
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lying	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hard	cc
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dry	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 counter	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 counter	det
12	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	She			two			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in two=Location
2	lie	gerund	She not said here			the counter		dry property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on counter=Location

Option 3

She is eaten by the seller's children after lying dry and hard on the counter in the rain

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	3 eaten	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux:pass
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 children	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seller	det
6	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 children	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 seller	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eaten	obl
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 lying	mark
10	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 eaten	advcl
11	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lying	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hard	cc
13	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dry	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 counter	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 counter	det
16	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lying	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 rain	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 rain	det
19	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present · passive	the seller's children	She					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	lie	gerund	the seller's children not said here			the counter		in the rain; dry property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on counter=Location

Option 4

She breaks in two after lying dry and hard on the counter for many days and nights

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 breaks	nsubj
2	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 two	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 breaks	obl
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 lying	mark
6	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 breaks	advcl
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lying	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hard	cc
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dry	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 counter	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 counter	det
12	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lying	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 days	case
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 days	amod
15	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lying	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 nights	cc
17	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 days	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	She			two			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in two=Location
2	lie	gerund	She not said here			the counter	day	dry property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on counter=Location

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