Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a…

Explain the reason for which Elsa is not immediately troubled by the disappearance of her rough clothing.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, disappearance, rough clothing · What happens: explain, not trouble, disappear · To what, where: reason, Elsa

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1751 «Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a magic garden, sails a sea made from a shell, and becomes a new daughter» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 troubled	obl
6	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 troubled	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 troubled	aux:pass
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 troubled	advmod
9	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	10 troubled	advmod
10	troubled	trouble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 disappearance	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 disappearance	det
13	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 troubled	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 clothing	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 clothing	nmod:poss
16	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 clothing	amod
17	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 disappearance	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	not trouble	present · passive	the disappearance of Elsa's rough clothing	Elsa	for the reason; immediately property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
3	disappear		Elsa's rough clothing			nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

She is absorbed in her new shoes and dress

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 absorbed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 absorbed	aux:pass
3	absorbed	absorb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 shoes	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 shoes	nmod:poss
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shoes	amod
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 absorbed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dress	cc
9	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shoes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb	present · passive		She		her new shoes and dress			vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

She thinks the clothes were taken by a bird

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	6 taken	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 taken	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clothes	det
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 taken	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 taken	aux:pass
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 bird	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bird	det
9	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · passive	a bird	She					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She is happy with her gift from the lady

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 happy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happy	cop
3	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 gift	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 gift	nmod:poss
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happy	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 lady	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lady	det
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					with her gift; from the lady; happy property	tree rules
2	gift		her = she						nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Because she is so excited by her shiny new embroidered shoes and dress that she forgets everything else in the house

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 excited	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 excited	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 excited	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 excited	advmod
5	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	11 shoes	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 shoes	nmod:poss
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shoes	amod
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shoes	amod
10	embroidered	embroider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 shoes	amod
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 excited	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dress	cc
13	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shoes	conj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 forgets	mark
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 forgets	nsubj
16	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 excited	advcl
17	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 forgets	obj
18	else	else	ADV	_	17 everything	advmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 house	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 house	det
21	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 forgets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	she			by her shiny new embroidered shoes and dress; excited property	tree rules
2	embroider	participle					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	forget	present	she	everything	the house		tree rules

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