Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda get…

With reference to the passage, describe the precise task that the Snow Queen set Kay in exchange for the whole world.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Snow Queen · What happens: describe, set · To what, where: precise task, Kay, exchange

This is exam question 4 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 describe	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	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 task	det
9	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 task	amod
10	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 set	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
13	Snow	Snow	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Queen	compound
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 set	nsubj
15	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 describe	advcl
16	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 set	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 exchange	case
18	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 set	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	22 world	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 world	det
21	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 world	amod
22	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 set	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the precise task				with reference to the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent task=Theme
2	set	past	the Snow Queen	Kay		exchange		for the whole world	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kay=Theme in exchange=Destination

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

to spell the word eternity in ice using every piece of ice in the palace, all alone

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 spell	mark
2	spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eternity	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eternity	compound
5	eternity	eternity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spell	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 ice	case
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eternity	nmod
8	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 spell	advcl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 piece	det
10	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 using	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 ice	case
12	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 piece	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 using	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 alone	punct
17	all	all	ADV	_	18 alone	advmod
18	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 spell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	to-infinitive		the word eternity		ice		alone property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent eternity=Theme in ice=Manner
2	use	gerund		every piece of ice		the palace			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

to spell the word eternity in ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 spell	mark
2	spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eternity	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eternity	compound
5	eternity	eternity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spell	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 ice	case
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	to-infinitive		the word eternity		ice			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent eternity=Theme in ice=Manner

Option 3

to write the word freedom in ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 write	mark
2	write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 freedom	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 freedom	compound
5	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 write	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 ice	case
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	to-infinitive		the word freedom		ice			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent freedom=Theme in ice=Destination

Option 4

to make the word eternity out of ice pieces, and then he would be free to go home

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eternity	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eternity	compound
5	eternity	eternity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 pieces	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pieces	case
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pieces	compound
9	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 free	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 free	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 free	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 free	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 free	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 free	cop
16	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	parataxis
17	to	to	PART	_	18 go	mark
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 free	advcl
19	home	home	ADV	_	18 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		the word eternity	ice pieces			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset eternity=Product
2	is	would	he			then	free property	tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive	he not said here				home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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