Exam question 3 · Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flo…

In what manner did the cockchafer convey Thumbelina away?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cockchafer · What happens: convey away · To what, where: Thumbelina, manner

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1740 «Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flower and a toad tries to steal her» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 convey	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cockchafer	det
6	cockchafer	cockchafer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	nsubj
7	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	Thumbelina	Thumbelina	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 convey	obj
9	away	away	ADV	_	7 convey	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 convey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey away	past · do-support	the cockchafer	Thumbelina		what manner		away property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thumbelina=Topic

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

By embracing her waist and flying high above the marsh and trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 embracing	mark
2	embracing	embrace	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 waist	nmod:poss
4	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embracing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flying	cc
6	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 embracing	conj
7	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 flying	advmod
8	above	above	ADP	_	10 marsh	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 marsh	det
10	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flying	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 trees	cc
12	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 marsh	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embrace	gerund		her waist					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waist=Co-Agent
2	fly	gerund				the marsh and trees		high property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above marsh=Location

Option 2

By carrying her in his claws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 carrying	mark
2	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carrying	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 claws	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 claws	nmod:poss
6	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		her = she		his claws			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in claw=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

By embracing her waist and flying all the way to the distant tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 embracing	mark
2	embracing	embrace	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 waist	nmod:poss
4	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embracing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flying	cc
6	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 embracing	conj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 way	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 way	det
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flying	obl:unmarked
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 tree	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
12	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tree	amod
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embrace	gerund		her waist					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waist=Co-Agent
2	fly	gerund		all way				to the distant tree result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to tree=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By embracing her waist and flying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 embracing	mark
2	embracing	embrace	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 waist	nmod:poss
4	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embracing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flying	cc
6	flying	flying	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waist	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embrace	gerund		her waist and flying					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waist=Co-Agent

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