Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come…

Which of the following accurately reports the manner in which the robber maiden departed?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: robber maiden · What happens: follow, report, depart · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 4 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 reports	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 reports	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reports	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 reports	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 reports	advmod
6	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reports	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 departed	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 maiden	det
12	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 maiden	compound
13	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 departed	nsubj
14	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 manner	acl:relcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 reports	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	report	present		the manner		accurately property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Patient
3	depart	participle	the robber maiden		the manner		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

She rode off without waiting for the children

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 rode	compound:prt
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	5 waiting	mark
5	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 rode	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 children	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 children	det
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride off	past	She						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	wait	gerund	She not said here					for the children	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She left after a long goodbye

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 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	6 goodbye	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 goodbye	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 goodbye	amod
6	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	She				after a long goodbye		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She galloped off with her band

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 galloped	nsubj
2	galloped	gallop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 galloped	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 band	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 band	nmod:poss
6	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 galloped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gallop off	past	She					with her band	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

She rode away after making her promise

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 rode	advmod
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 making	mark
5	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 rode	advcl
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 promise	nmod:poss
7	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 making	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ride away	past	She		away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	make	gerund	She not said here	her promise		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset promise=Product
3	promise		her = she			nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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