Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda lea…

Which action did the prince and princess take after Gerda related the conduct of the crows?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, prince, Gerda · What happens: do, take, relate, conduct · To what, where: conduct, crows

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1627 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda leaves the robbers and rides a reindeer north» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	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 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 princess	cc
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prince	conj
8	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 related	mark
10	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 related	nsubj
11	related	relate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 take	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 conduct	det
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 related	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 crows	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 crows	det
16	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 conduct	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	which action		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take	present	the prince and princess		vn require-103 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
3	relate	past	Gerda	the conduct of the crows	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
4	conduct			the crows	nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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

They rewarded the crows but forbade any similar deeds again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rewarded	nsubj
2	rewarded	reward	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crows	det
4	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rewarded	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 forbade	cc
6	forbade	forbid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rewarded	conj
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 deeds	det
8	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 deeds	amod
9	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 forbade	obj
10	again	again	ADV	_	6 forbade	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	past	They		the crows				vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crow=Recipient
2	forbid	past	They not said here	any similar deeds			again		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer deed=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They commended the crows while cautioning against repetition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 commended	nsubj
2	commended	commend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crows	det
4	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 commended	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 cautioning	mark
6	cautioning	caution	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 commended	advcl
7	against	against	ADP	_	8 repetition	case
8	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cautioning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commend	past	They	the crows					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme
2	caution speech: other	gerund	They not said here					against repetition	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against repetition=Topic

Option 3

They commended the crows while cautioning against repetition of the act entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 commended	nsubj
2	commended	commend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crows	det
4	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 commended	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 cautioning	mark
6	cautioning	caution	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 commended	advcl
7	against	against	ADP	_	8 repetition	case
8	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cautioning	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 act	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 act	det
11	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 repetition	nmod
12	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 commended	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	commend	past	They	the crows	entirely property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme
2	caution speech: other	gerund	They not said here		against repetition of the act	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against repetition=Topic
3	repeat		the act			nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

They commended the crows while cautioning them strongly against any further repetition of the act

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 commended	nsubj
2	commended	commend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crows	det
4	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 commended	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 cautioning	mark
6	cautioning	caution	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 commended	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cautioning	obj
8	strongly	strongly	ADV	_	6 cautioning	advmod
9	against	against	ADP	_	12 repetition	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 repetition	det
11	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 repetition	amod
12	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cautioning	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 act	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 act	det
15	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 repetition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	commend	past	They	the crows		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme
2	caution speech: other	gerund	They not said here	crows = crow	against any further repetition of the act; strongly property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient against repetition=Topic
3	repeat		the act			nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent

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