Exam question 4 · Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod…
What was the outcome of the contest at sea between the Witch's party and the whale?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: outcome
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 outcome | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 outcome | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 outcome | det |
| 4 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 contest | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 contest | det |
| 7 | contest | contest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 outcome | nmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 sea | case |
| 9 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 contest | nmod |
| 10 | between | between | ADP | _ | 14 party | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Witch | det |
| 12 | Witch | Witch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 party | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Witch | case |
| 14 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 outcome | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 whale | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 whale | det |
| 17 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 party | conj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 outcome | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the outcome | of the contest at sea; between the Witch's party and the whale | tree rules |
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 whale swallowed the boat and all the crew
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 whale | det |
| 2 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swallowed | nsubj |
| 3 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boat | det |
| 5 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swallowed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 crew | cc |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 crew | det:predet |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 crew | det |
| 9 | crew | crew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 boat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | past | the whale | the boat and all crew | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient |
Option 2
The sea was dyed with blood and the big whale and fifteen smaller ones vanished completely
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sea | det |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dyed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dyed | aux:pass |
| 4 | dyed | dye | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 blood | case |
| 6 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dyed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 whale | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 whale | det |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 whale | amod |
| 10 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 blood | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 vanished | cc |
| 12 | fifteen | fifteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 ones | nummod |
| 13 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 ones | amod |
| 14 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 vanished | nsubj |
| 15 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dyed | conj |
| 16 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 15 vanished | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dye | past · passive | the sea | with blood and the big whale | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | vanish | past | fifteen smaller ones | completely property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The sea was dyed with blood and the whales vanished
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sea | det |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dyed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dyed | aux:pass |
| 4 | dyed | dye | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 blood | case |
| 6 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dyed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 vanished | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 whales | det |
| 9 | whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 vanished | nsubj |
| 10 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dyed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dye | past · passive | the sea | with blood | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | vanish | past | the whales | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The Witch's party won and the whale sank to the bottom
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 | 4 party | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Witch | case |
| 4 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 won | nsubj |
| 5 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sank | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 whale | det |
| 8 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sank | nsubj |
| 9 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 won | conj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 bottom | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bottom | det |
| 12 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sank | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | the Witch's party | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sink | past | the whale | to the bottom | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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