Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs f…

Which of the following best describes the fate of the Snow-man at the close of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, fate · To what, where: fate, Snow man

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1620 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs for a warm stove, freezes, and melts in the spring thaw» 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	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
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 fate	det
8	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 man	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
11	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 man	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 Snow	punct
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fate	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 close	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 close	det
16	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 man	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 narrative	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 narrative	det
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 close	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	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 Snow man at the close of the narrative	of the best	tree rules
3	fate		the Snow man at the close of the narrative		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 · ← Mova's choice

He stood on, still dreaming of the warm stove

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	2 stood	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dreaming	punct
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 dreaming	advmod
6	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stood	advcl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 stove	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stove	det
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stove	amod
10	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dreaming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand on	past	He						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	dream	gerund	He not said here				still	of the warm stove	vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He melted away, leaving only the stove-raker behind

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 melted	nsubj
2	melted	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 melted	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 leaving	punct
5	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 melted	advcl
6	only	only	ADV	_	10 raker	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 raker	det
8	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 raker	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 stove	punct
10	raker	raker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaving	obj
11	behind	behind	ADV	_	5 leaving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt away	past	He					away property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	gerund	He not said here	the stove raker				behind property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raker=Theme

Option 3

He was dragged away by the yard-dog at last

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 dragged	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dragged	aux:pass
3	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 dragged	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 dog	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
7	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dog	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 yard	punct
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dragged	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 last	case
11	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag away	past · passive	the yard dog	He		last		away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

He stayed in the yard

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 yard	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 yard	det
5	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He					in the yard	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in yard=Location

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