Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 12: the Fir is…

What, according to the narrative, did the Fir Tree experience upon being severed from the ground?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: accord, sever · To what, where: Tree experience

This is exam question 3 of lesson 285 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 12: the Fir is cut down, decorated, and stripped bare by the children» 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	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 experience	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 narrative	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrative	det
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 experience	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 narrative	punct
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 experience	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 experience	det
10	Fir	Fir	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Tree	compound
11	Tree	Tree	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 experience	compound
12	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	15 severed	mark
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 severed	aux:pass
15	severed	sever	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 experience	acl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 ground	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ground	det
18	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 severed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	sever	gerund · passive		the Tree experience not said here				from the ground	vn separate-23.1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: from ground=Co-Patient

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

A sudden pang in his heart, like fainting in the snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pang	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pang	amod
3	pang	pang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 heart	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heart	nmod:poss
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pang	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fainting	punct
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	9 fainting	mark
9	fainting	faint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 pang	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 snow	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 snow	det
12	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fainting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	gerund				the snow			vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A pang, similar to a swoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pang	det
2	pang	pang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 similar	punct
4	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pang	amod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 swoon	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 swoon	det
7	swoon	swoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 similar	obl

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

Option 3

A shiver, like a cold wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shiver	det
2	shiver	shiver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wind	punct
4	like	like	ADP	_	7 wind	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wind	det
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wind	amod
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shiver	conj

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

Option 4

A deep ache in his roots, like falling into a dream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ache	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ache	amod
3	ache	ache	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 roots	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 roots	nmod:poss
6	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ache	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 falling	punct
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	9 falling	mark
9	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 ache	conj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 dream	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dream	det
12	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund						into a dream result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into dream=Result

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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