Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells G…

To what extent did the young man arriving on the third day display composure within the palace, as described by the Raven?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: extent, young man · What happens: do, arrive, describe · To what, where: young man, third display composure

This is exam question 2 of lesson 290 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells Gerda that Kay is living with a Princess» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	arriving	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 man	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	14 composure	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 composure	det
11	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 composure	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 display	compound
13	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 composure	compound
14	composure	composure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 arriving	obl
15	within	within	ADP	_	17 palace	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 palace	det
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 described	punct
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 described	mark
20	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 did	parataxis
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 Raven	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Raven	det
23	Raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 described	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	extent	the young man		within the palace	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality
2	arrive	gerund	the young man not said here		the third display composure		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	describe	participle				by the Raven	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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

He displayed no embarrassment whatsoever in the courtyard and on the staircase, and even greeted the Princess with a bow and a laugh

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 displayed	nsubj
2	displayed	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 embarrassment	det
4	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 displayed	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 displayed	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 courtyard	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 courtyard	det
8	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 displayed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 staircase	cc
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 staircase	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 staircase	det
12	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 courtyard	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 greeted	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 greeted	cc
15	even	even	ADV	_	16 greeted	advmod
16	greeted	greet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 displayed	parataxis
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Princess	det
18	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 greeted	obj
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 bow	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 bow	det
21	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 greeted	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 laugh	cc
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 laugh	det
24	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 bow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	past	He	no embarrassment		the courtyard and the staircase		whatsoever property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Theme
2	greet speech: greet	past			the Princess			with a bow and a laugh	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He displayed no embarrassment whatsoever in the courtyard and on the staircase, and then left the palace at once

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 displayed	nsubj
2	displayed	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 embarrassment	det
4	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 displayed	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 displayed	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 courtyard	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 courtyard	det
8	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 displayed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 staircase	cc
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 staircase	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 staircase	det
12	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 courtyard	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 left	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 left	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 left	advmod
16	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 displayed	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 palace	det
18	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 left	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 once	case
20	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	past	He	no embarrassment		the courtyard and the staircase		whatsoever property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Theme
2	leave	past	He not said here	the palace			then		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent palace=Theme at once=Location

Option 3

He showed no shame anywhere, in the courtyard or on the stairs, very bold

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 shame	det
4	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 showed	obj
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 showed	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 courtyard	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 courtyard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 courtyard	det
9	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 showed	parataxis
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 stairs	cc
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 stairs	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stairs	det
13	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 courtyard	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bold	punct
15	very	very	ADV	_	16 bold	advmod
16	bold	bold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 courtyard	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	He	no shame				anywhere property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent shame=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He displayed no embarrassment whatsoever in the courtyard and staircase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 displayed	nsubj
2	displayed	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 embarrassment	det
4	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 displayed	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 displayed	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 courtyard	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 courtyard	det
8	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 displayed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 staircase	cc
10	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 courtyard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	past	He	no embarrassment		the courtyard and staircase		whatsoever property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Theme

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