Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Ring disposed of the cursed skin of the enchanted animal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ring · What happens: follow, describe, dispose, curse, enchant · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1733 «Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is refused by the Princess and becomes a swineherd» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 disposed	obl
11	Ring	Ring	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 disposed	nsubj
12	disposed	dispose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 skin	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 skin	det
15	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 skin	amod
16	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 disposed	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 animal	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 animal	det
19	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 animal	amod
20	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 skin	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	dispose	past	Ring		the manner	of the cursed skin of the enchanted animal	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent
4	curse	participle					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

He cast it into the fire pit of the old hall at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cast	nsubj
2	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cast	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 pit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pit	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pit	compound
7	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cast	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 hall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hall	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hall	amod
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pit	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 dawn	case
13	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	past	He	it		the fire pit of the old hall	dawn		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into pit=Product

Option 2

He tossed it in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tossed	nsubj
2	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tossed	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tossed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss	past	He	it		the river			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in river=Destination

Option 3

He buried it in the garden soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buried	nsubj
2	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buried	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 soil	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 soil	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 soil	compound
7	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past	He	it		the garden soil			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in soil=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He consigned it to the flames

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consigned	nsubj
2	consigned	consign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consigned	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 flames	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flames	det
6	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consigned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consign	past	He	it				to the flames	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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