Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda lea…
Which of the following constitutes the principal objective of the princess in announcing her matrimonial test?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: follow, be, announce, test · To what, where: matrimonial test
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1626 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda learns Kay is at a princess's palace and sneaks in, only to find the wrong boy» 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 | 8 objective | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 8 objective | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 objective | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 objective | case |
| 5 | constitutes | constitute | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 objective | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 objective | det |
| 7 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 objective | amod |
| 8 | objective | objective | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 princess | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 princess | det |
| 11 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 objective | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 13 announcing | mark |
| 13 | announcing | announce | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 princess | acl |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 test | nmod:poss |
| 15 | matrimonial | matrimonial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 test | amod |
| 16 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 announcing | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 objective | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | follow the principal objective; of the princess | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | announce speech: other | gerund | the princess not said here | princess's matrimonial test | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Theme | ||||
| 4 | test | princess | nom test «cognition 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
To find a husband who could chat with her properly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 find | mark |
| 2 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 husband | det |
| 4 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 find | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 chat | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 chat | aux |
| 7 | chat | chat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 husband | acl:relcl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 chat | obl |
| 10 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 2 find | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | to-infinitive | a husband | properly property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Topic | ||||
| 2 | chat speech: other | could | a husband | with her = she | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent |
Option 2
To choose a suitor who could dance well at court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 choose | mark |
| 2 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 dance | advcl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 suitor | det |
| 4 | suitor | suitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dance | nsubj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 dance | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 dance | aux |
| 7 | dance | dance | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 dance | advmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 court | case |
| 10 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dance | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | to-infinitive | a suitor not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | dance | could | a suitor | court | well property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
To discover a husband capable of conversing with her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 discover | mark |
| 2 | discover | discover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 capable | advcl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 husband | det |
| 4 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 discover | obj |
| 5 | capable | capable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 conversing | mark |
| 7 | conversing | converse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 capable | advcl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 conversing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discover | to-infinitive | a husband | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Topic | |||||
| 2 | converse speech: other | gerund | with her = she | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
To choose a tall prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 choose | mark |
| 2 | choose | choose | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 4 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 prince | amod |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 choose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | to-infinitive | a tall prince | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=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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