Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda lea…
Which creature was entrusted with conveying Gerda northward toward Lapland?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: entrust, convey · To what, where: creature, Gerda
This is exam question 2 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 creature | det |
| 2 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 entrusted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 entrusted | aux:pass |
| 4 | entrusted | entrust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 6 conveying | mark |
| 6 | conveying | convey | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 entrusted | advcl |
| 7 | Gerda | Gerda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 conveying | obj |
| 8 | northward | northward | ADV | _ | 6 conveying | advmod |
| 9 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 10 Lapland | case |
| 10 | Lapland | Lapland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 conveying | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 entrusted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entrust | past · passive | which creature | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | convey | gerund | Gerda | toward Lapland; northward property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent gerda=Topic |
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
A reindeer that had been released by the robber-girl and then ridden by the crows
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 reindeer | det |
| 2 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 released | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 released | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 released | aux:pass |
| 6 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 reindeer | acl:relcl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 girl | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 girl | det |
| 9 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 girl | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 robber | punct |
| 11 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 released | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 ridden | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 ridden | advmod |
| 14 | ridden | ride | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 released | conj |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 crows | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 crows | det |
| 17 | crows | crow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 ridden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | past · perfect · passive | the robber girl | a reindeer | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | ride | participle | the robber girl not said here | then | by the crows | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A horse that had been given by the prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 horse | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 given | obj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 given | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 given | aux:pass |
| 6 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 horse | acl:relcl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 prince | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · perfect · passive | the prince | a horse | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A reindeer that had been released by the robber-girl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 reindeer | det |
| 2 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 released | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 released | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 released | aux:pass |
| 6 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 reindeer | acl:relcl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 girl | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 girl | det |
| 9 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 girl | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 robber | punct |
| 11 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 released | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | past · perfect · passive | the robber girl | a reindeer | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source |
Option 4
A reindeer that had been released by the robber-girl at the forest's edge
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 reindeer | det |
| 2 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 released | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 released | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 released | aux:pass |
| 6 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 reindeer | acl:relcl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 girl | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 girl | det |
| 9 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 girl | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 robber | punct |
| 11 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 released | obl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 edge | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 forest | det |
| 14 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 edge | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 forest | case |
| 16 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 released | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | past · perfect · passive | the robber girl | a reindeer | the forest's edge | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source |
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