Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: a mirror b…
Upon what grounds did the father award the house to the third son?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: ground, do · To what, where: father
This is exam question 2 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 | Upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 3 grounds | mark |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 grounds | nsubj |
| 3 | grounds | ground | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 grounds | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 father | det |
| 6 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | award | award | ADP | _ | 9 house | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 house | det |
| 9 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 son | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 son | det |
| 12 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 son | amod |
| 13 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 grounds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ground | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the father | award the house; to the third son | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=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
The sword shielded him from all the falling rain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sword | det |
| 2 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shielded | nsubj |
| 3 | shielded | shield | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 shielded | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 rain | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 rain | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rain | det |
| 8 | falling | falling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rain | compound |
| 9 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shielded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shield | past | the sword | him = he | all falling rain | tree rules |
Option 2
His skill with the sword kept him dry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 skill | nmod:poss |
| 2 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kept | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 sword | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sword | det |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 skill | nmod |
| 6 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 kept | obj |
| 8 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 kept | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | His skill with the sword | him = he | dry property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3
Because his sword kept the rain entirely off his body while he stood in the open field
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 kept | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sword | nmod:poss |
| 3 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 stood | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rain | det |
| 6 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obj |
| 7 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 4 kept | advmod |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 body | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 body | nmod:poss |
| 10 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obl |
| 11 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 stood | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 stood | nsubj |
| 13 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 field | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 field | det |
| 16 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 field | amod |
| 17 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stood | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | his sword | the rain | off sword's body; entirely property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Theme | |||
| 2 | stand | past | sword | the open field | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His sword kept the rain entirely off his person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 sword | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kept | nsubj |
| 3 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rain | det |
| 5 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kept | obj |
| 6 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 3 kept | advmod |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 person | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 person | nmod:poss |
| 9 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | His sword | the rain | off sword's person; entirely property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Theme |
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