Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs f…

Which of the following statements correctly describes the Snow-man's reaction to the yard-dog's warning?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Snow man, yard dog · What happens: follow, describe, react, warn · To what, where: reaction

This is exam question 3 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	7 describes	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	7 describes	obl
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
9	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 man	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Snow	punct
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reaction	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 man	case
13	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	20 warning	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dog	det
16	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dog	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 yard	punct
18	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 warning	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 dog	case
20	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the Snow man's reaction	of the following statements; to the yard dog's warning; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent reaction=Theme to warning=be'
3	react		the Snow man			nom reaction «process intransitive»: poss=agent
4	warn		the yard dog			nom warning «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer

He dismissed the warning and declared himself already as good as gone

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 dismissed	nsubj
2	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 warning	det
4	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismissed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 declared	cc
6	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dismissed	conj
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 declared	obj
8	already	already	ADV	_	10 good	advmod
9	as	as	ADV	_	10 good	advmod
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 declared	xcomp
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 gone	case
12	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 good	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismiss	past	He	the warning					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
2	declare speech: other	past	He not said here	himself = he				good property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He dismissed the warning and boasted that he would reach the stove before the thaw came

The tree, 16 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 dismissed	nsubj
2	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 warning	det
4	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismissed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 boasted	cc
6	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dismissed	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 reach	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 reach	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 reach	aux
10	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 boasted	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stove	det
12	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reach	obj
13	before	before	ADP	_	15 thaw	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 thaw	det
15	thaw	thaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reach	obl
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dismissed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	dismiss	past	He	the warning		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
2	boast speech: other	past	He not said here			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	reach	would	he	the stove	before the thaw	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent stove=Theme
4	come	past	He not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He thanked the dog and asked to be let inside

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 thanked	nsubj
2	thanked	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thanked	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 asked	cc
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thanked	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	9 let	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 let	aux:pass
9	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 asked	ccomp
10	inside	inside	ADV	_	9 let	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past	He	the dog		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	let not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive			inside property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»

Option 4

He was alarmed by the warning and immediately tried to escape across the yard to the gate

The tree, 17 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 alarmed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 alarmed	aux:pass
3	alarmed	alarm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 warning	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 warning	det
6	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alarmed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tried	cc
8	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	9 tried	advmod
9	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 alarmed	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 escape	mark
11	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tried	xcomp
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 yard	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 yard	det
14	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 escape	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 gate	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 gate	det
17	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 escape	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	alarm	past · passive	the warning	He			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	try	past	the warning not said here			immediately property	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	escape not said to happen	to-infinitive	the warning not said here		the gate	across the yard	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme across yard=Initial_Location to gate=Destination

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