Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells G…

Which object did Gerda identify as belonging to the boy, and on what grounds did she do so?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, Gerda · What happens: identify, belong, ground, do

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identify	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 identify	aux
4	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 identify	nsubj
5	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 belonging	mark
7	belonging	belong	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 identify	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 boy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boy	det
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 belonging	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 do	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 do	cc
13	on	on	SCONJ	_	15 grounds	mark
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 grounds	nsubj
15	grounds	ground	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 do	advcl
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 do	aux
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 do	nsubj
18	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 identify	conj
19	so	so	ADV	_	18 do	advmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	identify	past · do-support	which object		vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	belong	gerund	which object not said here	to the boy	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3	ground	present			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	do	past · do-support	Gerda		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

His boots, clearly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 boots	nmod:poss
2	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 boots	punct
4	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	2 boots	advmod

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

Option 2

His hat, because he had worn it since childhood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hat	nmod:poss
2	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 worn	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 worn	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 worn	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 worn	aux
7	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 hat	acl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 worn	obj
9	since	since	ADP	_	10 childhood	case
10	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past · perfect	he	hat			since childhood		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His sledge, because he had taken it with him when he left home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sledge	nmod:poss
2	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taken	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 taken	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 taken	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 taken	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 taken	aux
7	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 taken	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 taken	obl
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 left	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 left	nsubj
13	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 taken	advcl
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · perfect	His sledge	it				with him = he	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	leave	past	sledge					home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

His boots, since he had worn them since he left home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 boots	nmod:poss
2	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 worn	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 worn	punct
4	since	since	SCONJ	_	7 worn	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 worn	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 worn	aux
7	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 worn	obj
9	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 left	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 left	nsubj
11	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 worn	advcl
12	home	home	ADV	_	11 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past · perfect · passive		His boots					tree rules
2	leave	past	he					home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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