Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1: a Snow-man is born…

Describe the appearance of the trees at sunrise after the change in weather.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe · To what, where: appearance

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1619 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1: a Snow-man is born and learns about the sun, the moon and the weather» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 appearance	det
3	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 trees	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trees	det
6	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 appearance	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 sunrise	case
8	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 change	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 change	det
11	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 weather	case
13	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 change	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the appearance of the trees			after the change in weather; sunrise		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme

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

They looked covered in frost, like coral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 covered	nsubj:pass
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 covered	aux:pass
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 frost	case
5	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 coral	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 coral	case
8	coral	coral	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		They				in frost	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in frost=Theme

Option 2

They were thickly covered in white rime that glittered brightly, looking exactly like a wood of pink and red coral in the sun

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 covered	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 covered	aux:pass
3	thickly	thickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 covered	amod
4	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 rime	case
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rime	amod
7	rime	rime	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 covered	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 glittered	nsubj
9	glittered	glitter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rime	acl:relcl
10	brightly	brightly	ADV	_	9 glittered	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 looking	punct
12	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 covered	advcl
13	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	16 wood	advmod
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 wood	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 wood	det
16	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 looking	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	21 coral	case
18	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 coral	amod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 red	cc
20	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 pink	conj
21	coral	coral	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wood	nmod
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 sun	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 sun	det
24	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		They	in white rime	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in rime=Theme
2	glitter	past	white rime		brightly property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	look	gerund			like a wood of pink coral; in the sun	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in sun=Theme

Option 3

The trees at sunrise were all covered in rime and glittered as if they were made of coral, branch by branch, through the whole yard

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trees	det
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 covered	nsubj:pass
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 sunrise	case
4	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trees	nmod
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 covered	aux:pass
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 covered	advmod
7	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 rime	case
9	rime	rime	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 covered	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 glittered	cc
11	glittered	glitter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 covered	conj
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 made	mark
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 made	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 made	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 made	aux:pass
16	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 covered	advcl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 coral	case
18	coral	coral	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 made	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 branch	punct
20	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 coral	appos
21	by	by	ADP	_	22 branch	case
22	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 made	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 yard	punct
24	through	through	ADP	_	27 yard	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 yard	det
26	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 yard	amod
27	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		the trees at sunrise	through the whole yard; in rime; all property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in rime=Theme
2	glitter	participle				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	past · passive	branch	trees = tree	of coral	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They were covered in rime, resembling coral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 covered	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 covered	aux:pass
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 rime	case
5	rime	rime	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 resembling	punct
7	resembling	resemble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 covered	advcl
8	coral	coral	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resembling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		They				in rime	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in rime=Theme
2	resemble	gerund		coral					tree rules

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