Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda get…
With reference to the passage, explain the precise reason the Finland woman gave for refusing Gerda the requested potion.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Finland woman · What happens: explain, give, refuse, request · To what, where: precise reason, Gerda
This is exam question 3 of lesson 293 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda gets help in Finland, then walks on alone among living snowflakes» 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 reference | case |
| 2 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 explain | obl |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 passage | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 passage | det |
| 5 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reference | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 reference | punct |
| 7 | explain | explain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 reason | det |
| 9 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 reason | amod |
| 10 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 explain | obj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 woman | det |
| 12 | Finland | Finland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 woman | compound |
| 13 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gave | nsubj |
| 14 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 reason | acl:relcl |
| 15 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 16 refusing | mark |
| 16 | refusing | refuse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 gave | advcl |
| 17 | Gerda | Gerda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 refusing | obj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 potion | det |
| 19 | requested | request | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 potion | amod |
| 20 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 refusing | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the precise reason | with reference to the passage | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | |||
| 2 | give | past | the Finland woman | the precise reason not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 3 | refuse | gerund | the Finland woman not said here | Gerda | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | request | participle | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: 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
her power lies within her heart, which no potion can ever reach
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 power | nmod:poss |
| 2 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lies | nsubj |
| 3 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | within | within | ADP | _ | 6 heart | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 heart | nmod:poss |
| 6 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lies | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 reach | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 reach | obj |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 potion | det |
| 10 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 reach | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 reach | aux |
| 12 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 13 reach | advmod |
| 13 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 heart | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | her power | within power's heart | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | reach | can | no potion | power's heart | ever | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
Option 2
her strength dwells in her heart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dwells | nmod:poss |
| 2 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dwells | compound |
| 3 | dwells | dwell | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 heart | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 heart | nmod:poss |
| 6 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dwells | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
because a child's power lies within her heart and cannot be bottled in a flask
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 5 power | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 child | det |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 power | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 child | case |
| 5 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lies | obl |
| 6 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | within | within | ADP | _ | 9 heart | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 heart | nmod:poss |
| 9 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lies | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 bottled | cc |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 bottled | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 bottled | advmod |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 bottled | aux:pass |
| 14 | bottled | bottle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 lies | conj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 flask | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 flask | det |
| 17 | flask | flask | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bottled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | because a child's power; within child's heart | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not bottle | can · passive | a flask | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in flask=Destination |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
her power lies within her heart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 power | nmod:poss |
| 2 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lies | nsubj |
| 3 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | within | within | ADP | _ | 6 heart | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 heart | nmod:poss |
| 6 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lies | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | her power | within power's heart | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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