Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs f…

Which of the following correctly states the closing sentiment of the tale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, state, close · To what, where: closing sentiment

This is exam question 4 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 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sentiment	det
8	closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 sentiment	amod
9	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 tale	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tale	det
12	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sentiment	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the closing sentiment of the tale	correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sentiment=Topic
3	close	gerund			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

Even the yard-dog was sad, but no one gave the Snow-man a single thought once the spring came round

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	7 sad	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
3	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 yard	punct
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sad	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sad	cop
7	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gave	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 gave	cc
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	nsubj
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sad	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 man	det
14	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 man	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 Snow	punct
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 thought	det
18	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 thought	amod
19	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obj
20	once	once	SCONJ	_	23 came	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 spring	det
22	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 came	nsubj
23	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 thought	acl:relcl
24	round	round	ADV	_	23 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the yard dog			sad property	tree rules
2	give	past	no one	a single thought	the Snow man		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent man=Recipient thought=Theme
3	come round	past	the spring	a single thought not said here		round property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thought=Theme

Option 2

Nobody in the house ever mentioned the dog again after spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 mentioned	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 house	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nobody	nmod
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 mentioned	advmod
6	mentioned	mention	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mentioned	obj
9	again	again	ADV	_	6 mentioned	advmod
10	after	after	ADP	_	11 spring	case
11	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mentioned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mention speech: other	past	Nobody	the dog			ever; again; spring		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dog=Topic

Option 3

No one gave the Snow-man a thought once the spring had come and the stove had been lit again

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
5	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 man	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Snow	punct
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thought	det
9	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
10	once	once	SCONJ	_	14 come	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 spring	det
12	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 come	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 come	aux
14	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 gave	advcl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 lit	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 stove	det
17	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lit	nsubj:pass
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 lit	aux
19	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 lit	aux:pass
20	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 come	conj
21	again	again	ADV	_	20 lit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	give	past	no one	a thought	the Snow man		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent man=Recipient thought=Theme
2	come	past · perfect	the spring				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	lit	past · perfect · passive		the stove		again	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No one gave the Snow-man a thought once the spring had come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
5	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 man	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Snow	punct
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thought	det
9	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
10	once	once	SCONJ	_	14 come	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 spring	det
12	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 come	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 come	aux
14	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 gave	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	no one	a thought	the Snow man				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent man=Recipient thought=Theme
2	come	past · perfect	the spring						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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