Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda lea…
By what means did the crow ascertain the events concerning Kay?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: events · What happens: mean, do, ascertain, concern · To what, where: crow, events, Kay · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 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 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 3 means | mark |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ascertain | advcl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 crow | det |
| 6 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 events | det |
| 9 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ascertain | obj |
| 10 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 events | acl |
| 11 | Kay | Kay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 concerning | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the crow | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | ascertain | present | the events | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Topic | |||||
| 4 | concern | gerund | the events not said here | Kay | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kay=Experiencer |
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
Through intelligence supplied by his tame sweetheart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 2 intelligence | case |
| 2 | intelligence | intelligence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | supplied | supply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 intelligence | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 sweetheart | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sweetheart | nmod:poss |
| 6 | tame | tame | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sweetheart | amod |
| 7 | sweetheart | sweetheart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 supplied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supply | participle | intelligence not said here | by his tame sweetheart | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Through news brought by his sweetheart from the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 2 news | case |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 news | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 sweetheart | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sweetheart | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sweetheart | sweetheart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 palace | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 palace | det |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | participle | news not said here | the palace | by his sweetheart | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from palace=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Through a message from his sweetheart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 3 message | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 message | det |
| 3 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 sweetheart | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sweetheart | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sweetheart | sweetheart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 message | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
By flying to the palace windows and reading the newspapers left out by the princess's servants
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 flying | mark |
| 2 | flying | fly | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 windows | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 windows | det |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 windows | compound |
| 6 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 flying | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 reading | cc |
| 8 | reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 flying | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 newspapers | det |
| 10 | newspapers | newspaper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 reading | obj |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 newspapers | acl |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 left | compound:prt |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 servants | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 princess | det |
| 15 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 servants | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 princess | case |
| 17 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | gerund | to the palace windows result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to window=Result | |||||
| 2 | read | gerund | the newspapers | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newspaper=Topic | |||||
| 3 | leave out | participle | the newspapers not said here | by the princess's servants | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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