Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under…

Which statement correctly describes the condition in which Knud is discovered on the morning following his dream?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, Knud · What happens: describe, discover, follow, dream · To what, where: condition, Knud, dream

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1018 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under the willow and is found frozen to death» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 condition	det
6	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 discovered	obl
9	Knud	Knud	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 discovered	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 discovered	aux:pass
11	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 condition	acl:relcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 morning	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 morning	det
14	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 discovered	obl
15	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 discovered	advcl
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 dream	nmod:poss
17	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 following	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the condition			correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	discover	present · passive		Knud	the condition	morning		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
3	follow	gerund		Knud's dream				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Theme
4	dream		Knud					nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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 found lying dead in the snow beside the road under the old oak

The tree, 15 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 found	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 found	xcomp
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lying	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 snow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snow	det
8	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lying	obl
9	beside	beside	ADP	_	11 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lying	obl
12	under	under	ADP	_	15 oak	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 oak	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 oak	amod
15	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		He					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
2	lie	gerund	He not said here			the snow		beside the road; under the old oak; dead property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in snow=Location

Option 2

He is discovered lifeless, frozen beneath a birch tree in the snow nearby

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 discovered	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 discovered	aux:pass
3	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	lifeless	lifeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 discovered	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 frozen	punct
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 discovered	conj
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 tree	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tree	det
9	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	compound
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 frozen	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 snow	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 snow	det
13	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discovered	obl
14	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	3 discovered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	present · passive		He		the snow		lifeless, nearby property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	freeze	participle						beneath a birch tree	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is found dead, frozen beneath the willow-tree by the roadside

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 found	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 found	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 frozen	punct
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 found	conj
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	11 tree	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tree	det
9	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tree	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 willow	punct
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 frozen	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 roadside	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 roadside	det
14	roadside	roadside	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 frozen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		He				dead property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	freeze	participle						beneath the willow tree; by the roadside	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He is found alive and well

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 found	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 found	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 found	cc
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 found	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		He				alive, well property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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