Exam question 1 · Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 19: the robber maiden sends…

Which of the following is the correct statement regarding the robber maiden's conduct toward Gerda in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: robber maiden · What happens: follow, be, regard, conduct · To what, where: passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 292 «Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 19: the robber maiden sends Gerda north to Lapland on a reindeer» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 statement	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 statement	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 statement	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 statement	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 statement	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 statement	det
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 statement	amod
8	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 conduct	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 maiden	det
11	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 maiden	compound
12	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conduct	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 maiden	case
14	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 statement	nmod
15	toward	toward	ADP	_	16 Gerda	case
16	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 conduct	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 passage	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 passage	det
19	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conduct	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 statement	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the correct statement; regard the robber maiden's conduct toward Gerda in the passage	tree rules
3	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	conduct		the robber maiden	the passage	toward Gerda	nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent toward=obl in=place

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 protects Gerda and promises that no one will kill her, and she gives her warm gloves and a ham

The tree, 20 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 protects	nsubj
2	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 protects	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 promises	cc
5	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 protects	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 kill	mark
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kill	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 kill	aux
10	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 promises	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kill	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gives	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gives	cc
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 gives	nsubj
15	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 protects	parataxis
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 gloves	nmod:poss
17	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 gloves	amod
18	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 gives	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 ham	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 ham	det
21	ham	ham	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 gloves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	protect	present	She		Gerda	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gerda=Beneficiary
2	promise speech: promise	present	She not said here			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	kill	future	no one	Gerda		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4	give	present	Gerda	Gerda's warm gloves and a ham		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glove=Theme

Option 2

She protects Gerda and promises that no one will kill her, though she still keeps the muff for herself

The tree, 19 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 protects	nsubj
2	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 protects	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 promises	cc
5	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 protects	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 kill	mark
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kill	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 kill	aux
10	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 promises	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kill	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 keeps	punct
13	though	though	SCONJ	_	16 keeps	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 keeps	nsubj
15	still	still	ADV	_	16 keeps	advmod
16	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 protects	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 muff	det
18	muff	muff	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keeps	obj
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 herself	case
20	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present	She		Gerda			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gerda=Beneficiary
2	promise speech: promise	present	She not said here					vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	kill	future	no one	Gerda				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4	keep	present	Gerda	the muff		still	for Gerda	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent muff=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She protects Gerda and promises that no one will kill her

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 protects	nsubj
2	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 protects	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 promises	cc
5	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 protects	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 kill	mark
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kill	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 kill	aux
10	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 promises	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kill	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	protect	present	She		Gerda	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gerda=Beneficiary
2	promise speech: promise	present	She not said here			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	kill	future	no one	Gerda		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4

She locks Gerda in the cellar and laughs at her cries

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 locks	nsubj
2	locks	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 locks	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cellar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cellar	det
6	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locks	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 laughs	cc
8	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 locks	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 cries	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 cries	nmod:poss
11	cries	cry	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 laughs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	lock	present	She	Gerda	the cellar	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gerda=Patient
2	laugh	present	She not said here		Gerda's cries	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	cry		Gerda			nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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