Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter…

Which of the following statements, in the judgement of the examiner, most accurately describes the event in which the two children of Spring embrace the figure of Winter?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two children · What happens: follow, describe, embrace, figure · To what, where: event, figure, Winter

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1031 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter and the two children of Spring» 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	5 statements	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 judgement	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 judgement	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 judgement	det
9	judgement	judgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 statements	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 examiner	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 examiner	det
12	examiner	examiner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 judgement	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 describes	punct
14	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 describes	amod
15	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	16 describes	advmod
16	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 statements	parataxis
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 event	det
18	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 describes	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 which	case
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 embrace	obl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 children	det
22	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 children	nummod
23	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 embrace	nsubj
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 Spring	case
25	Spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 children	nmod
26	embrace	embrace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 event	acl:relcl
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 figure	det
28	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 embrace	obj
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 Winter	case
30	Winter	Winter	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 figure	nmod
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 statements	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 event		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme
3	embrace	present	the two children of Spring	the figure of Winter	the event		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent figure=Co-Agent
4	figure			Winter			nom figure «communication 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

Winter is hidden in a grey haze and then slowly sinks into the frozen ground

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hidden	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hidden	aux:pass
3	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 haze	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 haze	det
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 haze	amod
7	haze	haze	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hidden	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sinks	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 sinks	advmod
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	11 sinks	advmod
11	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hidden	conj
12	into	into	ADP	_	15 ground	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ground	det
14	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 ground	amod
15	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sinks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · passive	Winter	a grey haze			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in haze=Location
2	sink	present		the frozen ground	then	slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	freeze	participle					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Winter is enveloped in a dark mist and thereupon vanishes from the scene

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 enveloped	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 enveloped	aux:pass
3	enveloped	envelop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 mist	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mist	det
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mist	amod
7	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enveloped	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 vanishes	cc
9	thereupon	thereupon	ADV	_	10 vanishes	advmod
10	vanishes	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 enveloped	conj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 scene	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 scene	det
13	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 vanishes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	envelop	present · passive		Winter		a dark mist			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme
2	vanish	present				the scene		thereupon property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from scene=Initial_Location

Option 3

Winter disappears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 disappears	nsubj
2	disappears	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	present	Winter						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Winter runs away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	present	Winter					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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