Exam question 1 · Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen…

Which of the following describes the queen's first offspring, as recorded in the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, record · To what, where: first offspring, narrative

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1664 «Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen eats magic onions and bears a serpent» 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	5 describes	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 offspring	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 queen	case
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 offspring	amod
10	offspring	offspring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 recorded	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 recorded	mark
13	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 offspring	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 narrative	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recorded	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the queen's first offspring		tree rules
3	record	participle	the queen's first offspring not said here	the narrative	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narrative=Destination

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

a beautiful son, raised secretly by servants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 son	det
2	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 son	amod
3	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 raised	punct
5	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 son	acl
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	5 raised	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 servants	case
8	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 raised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	participle		a beautiful son not said here				by servants; secretly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by servant=Destination

Option 2

a sickly infant, buried beneath the chapel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 infant	det
2	sickly	sickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 infant	amod
3	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 buried	punct
5	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 infant	conj
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 chapel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chapel	det
8	chapel	chapel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	participle				the chapel			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beneath chapel=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

a small child, adopted by the cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 adopted	punct
5	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 child	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 cook	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cook	det
8	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 adopted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	participle		a small child not said here				by the cook	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a hideous lindorm, or serpent, abandoned in the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lindorm	det
2	hideous	hideous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lindorm	amod
3	lindorm	lindorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 serpent	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 serpent	cc
6	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lindorm	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 abandoned	punct
8	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lindorm	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 forest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 forest	det
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 abandoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	participle		a hideous lindorm or serpent not said here		the forest			vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme

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