Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 12: the Fir is…

Which tale did the little man recite to the assembled children, in accordance with their vote?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tale, children · What happens: recite, assemble, vote · To what, where: assembled children, accordance

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 tale	det
2	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recite	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 recite	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recite	nsubj
7	recite	recite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 children	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 children	det
10	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 children	amod
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recite	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 accordance	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 accordance	case
14	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recite	obl
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 vote	case
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 vote	nmod:poss
17	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 accordance	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 recite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	recite	past · do-support	which tale	the assembled children	accordance with children's vote	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to child=Recipient
2	assemble	participle				vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	vote		children = child			nom vote «act transitive»: poss=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

The tale of Humpy-Dumpy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tale	det
2	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 Dumpy	mark
4	Humpy	humpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Dumpy	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Humpy	punct
6	Dumpy	dumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tale	acl

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The tale of the princess who lived in a castle made of ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tale	det
2	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lived	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 princess	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 princess	det
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tale	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 lived	nsubj
7	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 castle	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 castle	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lived	obl
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 castle	acl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 ice	case
13	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	live	past	the tale of the princess		a castle		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location
2	make	participle		a castle not said here		of ice	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	tell		the princess				nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The long tale of a soldier who went to war and came home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tale	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tale	amod
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 came	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 soldier	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 soldier	det
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tale	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 went	nsubj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 soldier	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 war	case
10	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 went	cc
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	a soldier	war		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial_Location
2	come	past	the long tale of a soldier		home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell		a soldier			nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The tale of Cinderella

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tale	det
2	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Cinderella	case
4	Cinderella	Cinderella	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tale	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell		Cinderella						nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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