Exam question 3 · Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then mel…

Which of the following accounts most accurately describes the relationship between the old couple and the village children?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1637 «Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then melts at Midsummer» 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 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 accounts	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 accounts	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 accounts	amod
5	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 describes	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 describes	advmod
8	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 describes	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	14 couple	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 couple	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 couple	amod
14	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 children	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 children	det
17	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 children	compound
18	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 relationship	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 describes	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	describe	present		the relationship and the village children				of the following accounts; between the old couple; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent relationship=Theme

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 children teased Snowflake, and the couple disliked them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 teased	nsubj
3	teased	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Snowflake	Snowflake	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 teased	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 disliked	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 disliked	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 couple	det
8	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 disliked	nsubj
9	disliked	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 teased	parataxis
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 disliked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past	the children	Snowflake					vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snowflake=Patient
2	dislike	past	the couple	children = child					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The children were jealous of Snowflake, and the couple tried to keep them away from her at all times

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 jealous	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jealous	cop
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Snowflake	case
6	Snowflake	Snowflake	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 jealous	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tried	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tried	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 couple	det
10	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tried	nsubj
11	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jealous	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 keep	mark
13	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 tried	xcomp
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 keep	obj
15	away	away	ADV	_	13 keep	advmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 away	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 times	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 times	det
20	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the children			of Snowflake; jealous property	tree rules
2	try	past	the couple				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	the couple not said here	children = child	time	away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

They spent time together every day in the village square

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 spent	nsubj
2	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obj
4	together	together	ADV	_	2 spent	advmod
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl:unmarked
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 square	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 square	det
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 square	compound
10	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	They			the village square	day; time	together property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The children amused Snowflake, and the couple were fond of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 amused	nsubj
3	amused	amuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Snowflake	Snowflake	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 amused	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fond	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fond	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 couple	det
8	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fond	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fond	cop
10	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 amused	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fond	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amuse	past	the children	Snowflake					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus snowflake=Experiencer
2	is	past	the couple					of children = child; fond property	tree rules

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