Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is ca…

Which action does the young girl undertake, as recorded in the text, in her endeavour to secure the return of her companion?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, companion · What happens: do, undertake, record, secure, endeavour, return · To what, where: young girl, text, return

This is exam question 3 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girl	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 girl	amod
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 does	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 recorded	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 recorded	mark
10	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 does	parataxis
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 text	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 text	det
13	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recorded	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 endeavour	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 endeavour	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 endeavour	nmod:poss
17	endeavour	endeavour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recorded	parataxis
18	to	to	PART	_	19 secure	mark
19	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 endeavour	acl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 return	det
21	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 secure	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 companion	case
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 companion	nmod:poss
24	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 return	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present	which action	the young girl		tree rules
2	undertake	infinitive	which action not said here			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	record	participle			the text	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=Destination
4	secure	to-infinitive		the return of action's companion		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition return=Theme
5	endeavour		action			nom endeavour «act intransitive»: poss=agent
6	return		action's companion			nom return «communication 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

She drops her red shoes into the water, believing it will bring him home

The tree, 14 words

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 drops	nsubj
2	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 shoes	nmod:poss
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shoes	amod
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drops	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drops	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 believing	punct
10	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 drops	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bring	nsubj
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 bring	aux
13	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 believing	ccomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bring	obj
15	home	home	ADV	_	13 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	drop	present	She	her red shoes		the water		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme into water=Destination
2	believe	gerund	She not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	bring	future	water		him = he		home property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She throws her red shoes into the river and then climbs into a boat, certain the water will return Kay to her

The tree, 22 words

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 throws	nsubj
2	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 shoes	nmod:poss
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shoes	amod
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 throws	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throws	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 climbs	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 climbs	advmod
11	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 throws	conj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 boat	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 boat	det
14	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 climbs	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 certain	punct
16	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 throws	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 water	det
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 return	nsubj
19	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 return	aux
20	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 certain	ccomp
21	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 return	obj
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 her	case
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	She	her red shoes				into the river result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer shoe=Theme into river=Result
2	climb	present	She not said here			a boat	then		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into boat=Destination
3	return	future	the water	Kay	Kay				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kay=Theme to she=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She relinquishes her red shoes to the river, in the belief it will restore him

The tree, 15 words

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 relinquishes	nsubj
2	relinquishes	relinquish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 shoes	nmod:poss
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shoes	amod
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 relinquishes	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relinquishes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 restore	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 belief	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 belief	det
12	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 restore	obl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 restore	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 restore	aux
15	restore	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 relinquishes	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 restore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relinquish	present	She	her red shoes	the river				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme to river=Recipient
2	restore	future	belief	him = he		the belief			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

She tosses her treasured red shoes into the wide cold river, hoping that the current will carry him back to the town

The tree, 22 words

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 tosses	nsubj
2	tosses	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shoes	nmod:poss
4	treasured	treasure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 shoes	amod
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shoes	amod
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tosses	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	11 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
9	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 river	amod
10	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 river	amod
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tosses	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hoping	punct
13	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tosses	advcl
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 carry	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 current	det
16	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 carry	nsubj
17	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 carry	aux
18	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 hoping	advcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 carry	obj
20	back	back	ADV	_	18 carry	advmod
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 town	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 town	det
23	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	toss	present	She	her treasured red shoes	the wide cold river	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient into river=Recipient
2	treasure	participle				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	hope	gerund	She not said here			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	carry back	future	the current	him = he	the town	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to town=Destination

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