Exam question 1 · Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod…

Which means did the protagonist Hadvor employ in order to traverse the strait to the island?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, do, traverse · To what, where: protagonist Hadvor employ, strait · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1746 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod, and Hermod becomes King» 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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 employ	det
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employ	compound
6	Hadvor	Hadvor	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 employ	compound
7	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 traverse	mark
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 in	fixed
10	to	to	PART	_	11 traverse	mark
11	traverse	traverse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 employ	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 strait	det
13	strait	strait	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 traverse	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 island	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 island	det
16	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 traverse	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the protagonist Hadvor employ		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality
3	traverse	to-infinitive	the strait	to the island	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme strait=Co-Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Shoes fashioned from the skin of the Giant's feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fashioned	nsubj
2	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 skin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skin	det
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fashioned	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 feet	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feet	det
8	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feet	amod
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Giant	case
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 skin	nmod

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

Option 2

Shoes fashioned from the skin of the Giant's feet and a magic thread-ball

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fashioned	nsubj
2	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 skin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skin	det
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fashioned	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 feet	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feet	det
8	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feet	amod
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Giant	case
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 skin	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 ball	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 ball	det
13	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 ball	amod
14	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ball	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 thread	punct
16	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feet	conj

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

Option 3

Shoes made of the Giant's skin and a belt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Shoes	acl
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 skin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skin	det
5	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 skin	amod
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Giant	case
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 belt	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 belt	det
10	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		Shoes not said here				of the Giant skin and a belt	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4

Shoes fashioned from the skin of the Giant's feet, with a belt, a rope, and a clew

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fashioned	nsubj
2	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 skin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skin	det
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fashioned	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 feet	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feet	det
8	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feet	amod
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Giant	case
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 skin	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 belt	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 belt	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 belt	det
14	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feet	appos
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 rope	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 rope	det
17	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 belt	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 clew	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 clew	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 clew	det
21	clew	clew	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fashioned	conj

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

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