Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda lea…

Which of the following accurately describes the bed in which Gerda discovered her error?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gerda · What happens: follow, describe, discover, err · To what, where: bed, error

This is exam question 4 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	6 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 describes	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bed	det
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 discovered	obl
11	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 discovered	nsubj
12	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	parataxis
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 error	nmod:poss
14	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 discovered	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the bed	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent bed=Theme
3	discover	past	Gerda	Gerda's error		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent error=Topic
4	err		Gerda			nom error «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

It was a large red bed with gold curtains, and the sleeper had Kay's hair and a long brown neck

The tree, 21 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	6 bed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bed	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bed	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bed	amod
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bed	amod
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 curtains	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 curtains	compound
9	curtains	curtain	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bed	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 had	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sleeper	det
13	sleeper	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	nsubj
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bed	conj
15	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 hair	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Kay	case
17	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 neck	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 neck	det
20	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 neck	amod
21	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 neck	amod
22	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a large red bed and a long brown neck				with gold curtains	tree rules
2	have	past	the sleeper	Kay's hair					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Option 2

It was blue, and the sleeper snored loudly all night

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	3 blue	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 blue	cop
3	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 snored	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 snored	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sleeper	det
7	sleeper	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 snored	nsubj
8	snored	snore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 blue	conj
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	8 snored	advmod
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 night	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 snored	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					blue property	tree rules
2	snore	past	the sleeper				night	loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was red, and the sleeper's neck resembled Kay's

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	3 red	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 red	cop
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 resembled	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 resembled	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sleeper	det
7	sleeper	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 neck	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 sleeper	case
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 resembled	nsubj
10	resembled	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 red	conj
11	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 resembled	obj
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Kay	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					red property	tree rules
2	resemble	past	the sleeper's neck	Kay					tree rules

Option 4

It was white and the sleeper was tall

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	3 white	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 white	cop
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tall	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sleeper	det
6	sleeper	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tall	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tall	cop
8	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 white	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					white property	tree rules
2	is	past	the sleeper					tall property	tree rules

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