Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier…

Which of the following accurately describes the reward the Witch demanded from the Soldier in exchange for her assistance?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Witch · What happens: follow, describe, demand, assist · To what, where: Soldier · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1737 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier gets rich from three dogs and a witch's trick» 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	11 demanded	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 reward	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reward	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 reward	csubj
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 reward	det
8	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 demanded	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Witch	det
10	Witch	Witch	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 demanded	nsubj
11	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 Soldier	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Soldier	det
14	Soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 demanded	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 exchange	case
16	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 demanded	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 assistance	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 assistance	nmod:poss
19	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 exchange	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 demanded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	demand speech: request	past	the Witch	the Soldier	of the reward; in exchange for Witch's assistance	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme which=Precondition from soldier=Source
4	assist		Witch			nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

She demanded a copper chest that her grandmother had once owned.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 demanded	nsubj
2	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 chest	det
4	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chest	compound
5	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demanded	obj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 owned	mark
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 grandmother	nmod:poss
8	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 owned	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 owned	aux
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 owned	advmod
11	owned	own	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 demanded	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 demanded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past	She	a copper chest					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chest=Precondition
2	own	past · perfect · passive		her grandmother				once property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The Witch wanted only gold from his pockets, which he had gathered.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Witch	det
2	Witch	Witch	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 gold	advmod
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 pockets	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pockets	nmod:poss
8	pockets	pocket	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gathered	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 gathered	nsubj:pass
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gathered	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 gathered	aux
13	gathered	gather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 pockets	acl:relcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the Witch	gold		his pockets			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme
2	gather	past · perfect · passive		his pockets					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Witch demanded only an old tinder-box, which her grandmother had previously left behind.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Witch	det
2	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demanded	nsubj
3	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 box	advmod
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 box	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 box	amod
7	tinder	tinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 box	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 tinder	punct
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demanded	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 left	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 left	obj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 grandmother	nmod:poss
13	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 left	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 left	aux
15	previously	previously	ADV	_	16 left	advmod
16	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 box	parataxis
17	behind	behind	ADV	_	16 left	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 demanded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past	the Witch	a old tinder box					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme box=Precondition
2	leave behind	past · perfect · passive		Witch's grandmother				behind, previously property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme which=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The Witch demanded only an old tinder-box, which her grandmother had carelessly left behind in the hollow tree.

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 Witch	det
2	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demanded	nsubj
3	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 box	advmod
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 box	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 box	amod
7	tinder	tinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 box	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 tinder	punct
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demanded	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 left	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 left	obj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 grandmother	nmod:poss
13	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 left	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 left	aux
15	carelessly	carelessly	ADV	_	16 left	advmod
16	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 box	parataxis
17	behind	behind	ADV	_	16 left	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 tree	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 tree	det
20	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 tree	amod
21	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 left	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 demanded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past	the Witch	a old tinder box					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme box=Precondition
2	leave behind	past · perfect · passive		Witch's grandmother		the hollow tree		behind, carelessly property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme which=Attribute

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