Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, part 71…

Identify the outcome for the little Dancer when the door opens and the draught takes her.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, door, draught · What happens: identify, open, take · To what, where: outcome, door

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1747 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, part 71: the soldier falls out of the window, sails in a paper boat, is swallowed by a fish, and melts in the stove» 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	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 Dancer	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dancer	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Dancer	amod
7	Dancer	Dancer	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 opens	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 opens	nsubj
11	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 takes	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 draught	det
14	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 takes	nsubj
15	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 opens	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 takes	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the outcome		for the little Dancer	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
2	open	present	the door				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	take	present	the draught		door		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination

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

She is blown into the iron stove, and the fire quickly consumes her until only her little gilt rose remains in the ash of the grate

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 blown	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 blown	aux:pass
3	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 stove	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stove	det
6	iron	iron	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stove	amod
7	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blown	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 consumes	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 consumes	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fire	det
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 consumes	nsubj
12	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	13 consumes	advmod
13	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 blown	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 consumes	obj
15	until	until	SCONJ	_	20 rose	mark
16	only	only	ADV	_	19 gilt	advmod
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 gilt	nmod:poss
18	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 gilt	amod
19	gilt	gilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 rose	nsubj
20	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 consumes	advcl
21	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	20 rose	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 ash	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 ash	det
24	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 rose	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 grate	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 grate	det
27	grate	grate	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 ash	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	blow	present · passive		She	the iron stove		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into stove=Product
2	consume	present	the fire	her = she		quickly property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Asset
3	rise	past	fire's little gilt	remains	the ash of the grate		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location remains=Theme

Option 2

She flies straight into the stove, where she is burned away by the flames and nothing of her is left at all

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flies	nsubj
2	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 stove	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 stove	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stove	det
6	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 left	nsubj:pass
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 burned	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 burned	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 burned	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 burned	aux:pass
11	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 stove	acl:relcl
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 burned	advmod
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 flames	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 flames	det
15	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 burned	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 nothing	cc
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 flames	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 her	case
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 nothing	nmod
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 left	aux:pass
21	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 flies	ccomp
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 all	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fly	present	She				tree rules
2	burn away	present · passive	the flames	she		away property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	leave	present · passive		the stove	all		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at all=Location

Option 3

She is carried out of the room by the draught

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 room	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 room	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 draught	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 draught	det
10	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry out	present · passive	the draught	She		the room			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She flies into the stove and is consumed by flames

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flies	nsubj
2	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 stove	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stove	det
5	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flies	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 consumed	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 consumed	aux:pass
8	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 flies	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 flames	case
10	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	She					into the stove result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into stove=Result
2	consume	present · passive	flames						vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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