Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: a mirror b…

What property did the hobgoblin's mirror possess, and how was that property transmitted to its fragments?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: property, mirror · What happens: do, possess, be, transmit · To what, where: mirror, property, fragments

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hobgoblin	det
5	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mirror	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 hobgoblin	case
7	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mirror	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 property	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 property	cc
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 property	advmod
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 property	cop
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 property	mark
14	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
15	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 property	acl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 fragments	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 fragments	nmod:poss
18	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 transmitted	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	property	the hobgoblin's mirror		tree rules
2	possess	present	the hobgoblin's mirror not said here			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	is a	past		property		tree rules
4	transmit	participle		property not said here	property's fragments	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to fragment=Destination

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

It diminished goodness and magnified evil, and each fragment retained the same power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 diminished	nsubj
2	diminished	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	goodness	goodness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 diminished	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 magnified	cc
5	magnified	magnify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 diminished	conj
6	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 magnified	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 retained	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 retained	cc
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 fragment	det
10	fragment	fragment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 retained	nsubj
11	retained	retain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 diminished	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 power	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 power	amod
14	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 retained	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	diminish	past	It	goodness	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer goodness=Patient
2	magnify	past		evil	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent evil=Patient
3	retain	past	each fragment	the same power	tree rules

Option 2

It shrank goodness and enlarged evil, and its shards kept that power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shrank	nsubj
2	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	goodness	goodness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shrank	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 enlarged	cc
5	enlarged	enlarge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shrank	conj
6	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enlarged	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kept	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 kept	cc
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 shards	nmod:poss
10	shards	shard	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 kept	nsubj
11	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shrank	conj
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 power	det
13	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shrink	past	It	goodness	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent goodness=Patient
2	enlarge	past		evil	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent evil=Patient
3	keep	past	evil's shards	that power	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It shrank all goodness and magnified all evil, and every broken piece carried the same curse into the world

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shrank	nsubj
2	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 goodness	det
4	goodness	goodness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shrank	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 magnified	cc
6	magnified	magnify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shrank	conj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 evil	det
8	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 magnified	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 carried	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 carried	cc
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 piece	det
12	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 piece	amod
13	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 carried	nsubj
14	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shrank	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 curse	det
16	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 curse	amod
17	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 carried	obj
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 world	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 world	det
20	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	shrink	past	It	all goodness		vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent goodness=Patient
2	magnify	past		all evil		vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent evil=Patient
3	break	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	carry	past	every broken piece	the same curse	the world	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curse=Theme

Option 4

It diminished kindness and enlarged cruelty, and each piece passed on the identical power

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 diminished	nsubj
2	diminished	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 diminished	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 enlarged	cc
5	enlarged	enlarge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 diminished	conj
6	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enlarged	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 piece	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 piece	cc
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 piece	det
10	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 diminished	obl
11	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 piece	acl
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 power	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 power	det
14	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 power	amod
15	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	diminish	past	It	kindness		each piece obl	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer kindness=Patient
2	enlarge	past		cruelty			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cruelty=Patient
3	pass	participle		each piece not said here	the identical power		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on power=Location

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