Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune: the young…

Explain which quality of Hannibal's historical victory at Lake Thracymene the narrator is said to emphasise in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, historical victory · What happens: explain, say, emphasise · To what, where: quality, narrator, passage · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 284 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune: the young man dies and Care takes the galoshes» 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	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 quality	det
3	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 victory	case
5	Hannibal	Hannibal	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 victory	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Hannibal	case
7	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 victory	amod
8	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quality	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 Lake	case
10	Lake	Lake	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 victory	nmod
11	Thracymene	Thracymene	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Lake	flat
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrator	det
13	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 said	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 said	aux:pass
15	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 victory	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 emphasise	mark
17	emphasise	emphasise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 said	xcomp
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 passage	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 passage	det
20	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 emphasise	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	which quality of Hannibal's historical victory at Lake		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quality=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present · passive	Hannibal's historical victory at Lake not said here	the narrator		tree rules
3	emphasise	to-infinitive	Hannibal's historical victory at Lake not said here		the passage	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 political treaty that ended the war afterwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 treaty	det
2	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 treaty	amod
3	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 ended	nsubj
5	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 treaty	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 war	det
7	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ended	obj
8	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	5 ended	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	past	the political treaty	the war				afterwards property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality

Option 2

The tactics Hannibal used against the Roman cavalry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tactics	det
2	tactics	tactic	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	nsubj
3	Hannibal	Hannibal	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tactics	appos
4	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	against	against	ADP	_	8 cavalry	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cavalry	det
7	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cavalry	amod
8	cavalry	cavalry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the tactics					against the Roman cavalry	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The place where the battle occurred, now a scene of natural beauty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occurred	nsubj
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 occurred	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 battle	det
5	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occurred	nsubj
6	occurred	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 scene	punct
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 scene	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 scene	det
10	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occurred	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 beauty	case
12	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 beauty	amod
13	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 scene	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	past	the place	a scene of natural beauty					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The number of soldiers who fell in the battle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 soldiers	case
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 number	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 fell	nsubj
6	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 soldiers	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 battle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 battle	det
9	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	soldiers			the battle			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in battle=Location

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