Exam question 2 · Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 19: the robber maiden sends…

Which of the following best describes the means by which the Reindeer travels towards Lapland?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: the, Reindeer · What happens: follow, describe, mean, travel

This is exam question 2 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 travels	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Reindeer	det
12	Reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 travels	nsubj
13	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	parataxis
14	towards	towards	ADP	_	15 Lapland	case
15	Lapland	Lapland	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 travels	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the not said here	of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	travel	present	the Reindeer	towards Lapland	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by which=Trajectory

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

It flies over the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flies	nsubj
2	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	It			the sea			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sea=Location

Option 2

It rides a silver sledge over the snowy hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rides	nsubj
2	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sledge	det
4	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sledge	amod
5	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rides	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	9 hills	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hills	det
8	snowy	snowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hills	amod
9	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	present	It	a silver sledge		the snowy hills			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sledge=Theme over hill=Trajectory

Option 3

It gallops across the frozen lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gallops	nsubj
2	gallops	gallop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADP	_	6 lake	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lake	det
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 lake	amod
6	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gallops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gallop	present	It			the frozen lake			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across lake=Trajectory
2	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It runs swiftly over bush, bramble, moor and heath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod
4	over	over	ADP	_	5 bush	case
5	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 runs	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bramble	punct
7	bramble	bramble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bush	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 moor	punct
9	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bush	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 heath	cc
11	heath	heath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bush	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	It			bush and bramble and moor and heath		swiftly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over bush=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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