Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old wom…

In what manner did Gerda respond to the Roses' declaration concerning Kay's whereabouts?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gerda, declaration, Roses · What happens: respond, concern, declare · To what, where: manner, whereabouts

This is exam question 2 of lesson 289 «Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old woman's garden asks the flowers about Kay» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respond	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 respond	aux
5	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 respond	nsubj
6	respond	respond	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 declaration	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Roses	det
9	Roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 declaration	nmod:poss
10	'	's	PART	_	9 Roses	case
11	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respond	obl
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 declaration	acl
13	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 whereabouts	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Kay	case
15	whereabouts	whereabouts	NOUN	Number=Ptan	12 concerning	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 respond	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	respond speech: other	past · do-support	Gerda		what manner	to the Roses's declaration	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to declaration=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the Roses's declaration not said here	Kay's whereabouts			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus whereabouts=Experiencer
3	declare		the Roses				nom declaration «communication 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

She ran away crying

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
4	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 ran	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	She					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cry speech: express	gerund	She not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She expressed her gratitude and proceeded onward

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 expressed	nsubj
2	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 gratitude	nmod:poss
4	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expressed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 proceeded	cc
6	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 expressed	conj
7	onward	onward	ADV	_	6 proceeded	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	past	She	her gratitude					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme
2	proceed	past	She not said here					onward property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She lowered her head and quietly wept for a while

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 lowered	nsubj
2	lowered	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lowered	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wept	cc
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	7 wept	advmod
7	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lowered	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 while	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 while	det
10	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	past	She	her head					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	weep	past	She not said here				while	quietly property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She cried and sat down

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 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sat	cc
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	conj
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 sat	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	She						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sit down	past	She not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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