Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is ca…

Which description most precisely characterises the Snow Queen's conduct towards the boy following his journey across the lands?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: description, boy, Snow Queen · What happens: characteris, follow, conduct, journey · To what, where: conduct, journey, lands

This is exam question 2 of lesson 288 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda drifts away by river» 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 description	det
2	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 precisely	advmod
4	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	5 characterises	advmod
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
7	Snow	Snow	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Queen	compound
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Queen	case
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obj
11	towards	towards	ADP	_	13 boy	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obl
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 boy	acl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 journey	nmod:poss
16	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 following	obj
17	across	across	ADP	_	19 lands	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 lands	det
19	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 following	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which description	the Snow Queen's conduct		towards the boy; precisely property	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	the boy not said here	description's journey	the lands		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent journey=Theme across land=Trajectory
3	conduct		the Snow Queen				nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent
4	journey		description				nom journey «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She bestows a kiss upon his forehead and restrains him beneath her fur

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 bestows	nsubj
2	bestows	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 kiss	det
4	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bestows	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 forehead	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 forehead	nmod:poss
7	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bestows	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 restrains	cc
9	restrains	restrain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bestows	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 restrains	obj
11	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	13 fur	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 fur	nmod:poss
13	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 restrains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bestow	present	She	a kiss				upon his forehead	tree rules
2	restrain	present	She not said here	him = he				beneath her fur	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Eventuality

Option 2

She kisses him and lets him go

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 kisses	nsubj
2	kisses	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kisses	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lets	cc
5	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 kisses	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lets	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	kiss	present	She	him = he	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
2	let	present	She not said here	him = he	tree rules
3	go	infinitive	him = he not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She shakes his hand and sends him home with a gift

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 shakes	nsubj
2	shakes	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shakes	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sends	cc
6	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shakes	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sends	obj
8	home	home	ADV	_	6 sends	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 gift	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 gift	det
11	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	present	She	his hand					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	send	present	She not said here	him = he				with a gift; home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

She gives him a cold kiss and hides him under her cloak

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 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kiss	det
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kiss	amod
6	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hides	cc
8	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gives	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hides	obj
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 cloak	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cloak	nmod:poss
12	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	She	a cold kiss	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kiss=Theme
2	hide	present	She not said here	him = he		her cloak			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient under cloak=Location

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