Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Gingerbread Cakes, part 226: Knud wa…

Which of the following correctly describes the manner in which Knud left the town of his birth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Knud · What happens: follow, describe, leave · To what, where: manner, town

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1015 «Andersen's Tales, The Gingerbread Cakes, part 226: Knud walks to Copenhagen to visit Joanna» 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	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 describes	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 left	obl
11	Knud	Knud	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 left	nsubj
12	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 town	det
14	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 birth	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 birth	nmod:poss
17	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 town	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	leave	past	Knud	the town of Knud's birth	the manner		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent town=Theme in which=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

He wandered forth on foot on a rainy day, with his knapsack on his back and no one to see him off

The tree, 22 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	2 wandered	nsubj
2	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forth	forth	ADV	_	2 wandered	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 foot	case
5	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wandered	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 day	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	rainy	rainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wandered	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 knapsack	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 knapsack	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 knapsack	nmod:poss
13	knapsack	knapsack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wandered	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 back	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 back	nmod:poss
16	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 knapsack	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 one	cc
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 one	det
19	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 back	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 see	mark
21	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wandered	advcl
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 see	obj
23	off	off	ADP	_	21 see	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wander	past	He			foot	day	with his knapsack on his back and no one; forth property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory
2	see off	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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

He wandered forth on foot on a rainy day

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	2 wandered	nsubj
2	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forth	forth	ADV	_	2 wandered	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 foot	case
5	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wandered	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 day	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	rainy	rainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wandered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wander	past	He			foot	day	forth property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory

Option 3

He rode forth on a horse on a sunny day

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	2 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forth	forth	ADV	_	2 rode	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 day	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	He				day	on a horse; forth property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He walked away by coach in the windy dawn

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	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 walked	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 coach	case
5	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 dawn	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dawn	det
8	windy	windy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dawn	amod
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk away	past	He				dawn	by coach; away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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