Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come…

Which of the following best states the reason the King gave for choosing the Leap-frog?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best, King · What happens: follow, state, give, choose · To what, where: reason, Leap frog

This is exam question 2 of lesson 294 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come home, then a jumping contest begins» 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 states	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 states	nsubj
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 choosing	mark
13	choosing	choose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 gave	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 frog	det
15	Leap	leap	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 frog	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 Leap	punct
17	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 choosing	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the best	the reason	tree rules
3	give	past	the King	the reason not said here	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
4	choose	gerund	the King not said here	the Leap frog	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

He had shown understanding by leaping to his daughter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shown	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shown	aux
3	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	understanding	understanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shown	obj
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 leaping	mark
6	leaping	leap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 shown	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 daughter	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 daughter	nmod:poss
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past · perfect	He	understanding					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent understanding=Recipient
2	leap	gerund	He not said here		his daughter				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to daughter=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He had proved he was the cleverest jumper of the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 proved	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 proved	aux
3	proved	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 jumper	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 jumper	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 jumper	det
7	cleverest	clever	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 jumper	amod
8	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proved	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 court	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 court	det
11	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jumper	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past · perfect	He						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	the cleverest jumper				of the court	tree rules

Option 3

He had jumped the highest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 jumped	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 He	aux
3	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 highest	det
5	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 jumped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	past	He	the highest					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme high=Trajectory

Option 4

He was the best jumper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 jumper	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 jumper	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jumper	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 jumper	amod
5	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	the best jumper					tree rules

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