Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: a mirror b…

In what sequence did the three brothers return to their father after completing their apprenticeships?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: three brothers · What happens: return, complete · To what, where: sequence, apprenticeships

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1624 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: a mirror breaks and Kay gets a splinter» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 sequence	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 sequence	det
3	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 return	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 return	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brothers	det
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 brothers	nummod
7	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 return	nsubj
8	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 father	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 father	nmod:poss
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 return	obl
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 completing	mark
13	completing	complete	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 return	advcl
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 apprenticeships	nmod:poss
15	apprenticeships	apprenticeship	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 completing	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 return	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past · do-support	the three brothers			what sequence		to brothers's father result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result
2	complete	gerund	the three brothers not said here	brothers's apprenticeships					vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apprenticeship=Eventuality

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

Eldest first, then the second, then the youngest after him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Eldest	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 second	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 second	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 second	det
6	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Eldest	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 youngest	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 youngest	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 youngest	det
10	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Eldest	appos
11	after	after	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 youngest	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

After many years, the second son came back first, then the third son, and the eldest son arrived last of all

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 years	case
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 years	amod
3	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 came	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 years	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 son	det
6	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 son	amod
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 came	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 son	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 son	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 son	det
14	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 son	amod
15	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	vocative
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 arrived	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 arrived	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 son	det
19	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 son	amod
20	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 arrived	nsubj
21	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 came	conj
22	last	last	ADV	_	21 arrived	advmod
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 all	case
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 last	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	past	the second son				year	the third son vocative; first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	arrive	past	the eldest son					last property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Whenever each one finished, the third returned first, followed by the second and finally the eldest, all on the same day

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 one	det
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 returned	nsubj
4	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 one	acl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 third	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 third	det
7	third	third	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 one	appos
8	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Whenever	advcl:relcl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 returned	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 followed	punct
11	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Whenever	advcl:relcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 second	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 second	det
14	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 followed	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 eldest	cc
16	finally	finally	ADV	_	18 eldest	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 eldest	det
18	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 second	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Whenever	punct
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Whenever	advcl:relcl
21	on	on	ADP	_	24 day	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 day	det
23	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 day	amod
24	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	finish	participle		each one not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	return	past	each one		first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	follow	participle			by the second	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by second=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

At an agreed time, the eldest, the second and the third in turn

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 time	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 time	det
3	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 time	amod
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eldest	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 time	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eldest	det
7	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 second	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 second	det
10	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 eldest	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 third	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 third	det
13	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 second	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 turn	case
15	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 third	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	participle							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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