Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier…

Identify the correct sequence in which the Soldier collected treasure from the three chambers beneath the tree.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Soldier · What happens: identify, collect · To what, where: correct sequence, treasure

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sequence	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sequence	amod
4	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 collected	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Soldier	det
8	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 collected	nsubj
9	collected	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sequence	acl:relcl
10	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 collected	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 chambers	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 chambers	det
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 chambers	nummod
14	chambers	chamber	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 collected	obl
15	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	17 tree	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tree	det
17	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 collected	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the correct sequence					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme
2	collect	past	the Soldier	treasure		the correct sequence		from the three chambers; beneath the tree	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme from chamber=Source

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

Copper from the first room, silver from the second, and gold from the third, then he dropped the copper.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dropped	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	5 room	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 room	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 room	amod
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Copper	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 silver	punct
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 room	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 second	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 second	det
10	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 silver	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gold	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gold	cc
13	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 room	conj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 third	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 third	det
16	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 gold	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 dropped	punct
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 dropped	advmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 dropped	nsubj
20	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 copper	det
22	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dropped	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	Copper from the first room and silver from the second and gold from the third	the copper			then		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He took copper from the first, silver from the second, and gold from the third, filling his pockets on the way.

The tree, 21 words

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 silver	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 silver	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 silver	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 first	punct
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 second	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 second	det
11	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 took	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gold	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gold	cc
14	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	conj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 third	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 third	det
17	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 took	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 filling	punct
19	filling	fill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 took	advcl
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 pockets	nmod:poss
21	pockets	pocket	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 filling	obj
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 way	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 way	det
24	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 filling	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	copper		the first silver		from the second; from the third	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent copper=Theme from silver=Initial_Location
2	fill	gerund	He not said here	his pockets		the way			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pocket=Patient

Option 3

Gold from the first, silver from the second, copper from the third.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 first	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 first	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 first	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 silver	punct
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 first	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 second	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 second	det
9	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 silver	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 copper	punct
11	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 silver	conj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 third	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 third	det
14	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 copper	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 first	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Copper from the first, silver from the second, and gold from the third.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 first	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 first	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 first	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 silver	punct
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 first	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 second	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 second	det
9	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 silver	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gold	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gold	cc
12	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 first	conj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 third	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 third	det
15	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 gold	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 first	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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