Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a…

Which of the following accurately states the reason the cockchafer released Thumbelina?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cockchafer · What happens: follow, state, release · To what, where: reason, Thumbelina

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1741 «Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a frozen swallow and nurses him back to life» 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cockchafer	det
10	cockchafer	cockchafer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 released	nsubj
11	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	Thumbelina	Thumbelina	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 released	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	release	past	the cockchafer	Thumbelina		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer thumbelina=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 · ← Mova's choice

He began to share the opinion that she was ugly, so he flew away and left her alone

The tree, 18 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 began	nsubj
2	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 share	mark
4	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 began	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 opinion	det
6	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	obj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 ugly	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ugly	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ugly	cop
10	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 share	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 flew	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 flew	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 flew	nsubj
14	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 began	conj
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 flew	advmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 left	cc
17	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 began	conj
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 left	obj
19	alone	alone	ADV	_	17 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	begin	past	He			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	share	to-infinitive	He not said here	the opinion		tree rules
3	is	past	she		ugly property	tree rules
4	fly away	past	he		away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	leave	past	He not said here	her = she	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2

He felt sorry for her and changed his mind

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 changed	cc
7	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mind	nmod:poss
9	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He		for her = she; sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	change	past	He not said here	his mind		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
3	mind		his = he			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He began to share the opinion that she was ugly and not a proper beetle at all

The tree, 17 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 began	nsubj
2	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 share	mark
4	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 began	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 opinion	det
6	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	obj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 ugly	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ugly	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ugly	cop
10	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 share	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 beetle	cc
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 beetle	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 beetle	det
14	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 beetle	amod
15	beetle	beetle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ugly	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 beetle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	begin	past	He			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	share	to-infinitive	He not said here	the opinion		tree rules
3	is	past	she		ugly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He began to share the opinion that she was ugly

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 began	nsubj
2	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 share	mark
4	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 began	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 opinion	det
6	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	obj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 ugly	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ugly	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ugly	cop
10	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 share	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	begin	past	He			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	share	to-infinitive	He not said here	the opinion		tree rules
3	is	past	she		ugly property	tree rules

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