Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: the ending,…

Which phrase in the text best indicates the moment at which the narrative returns to the everyday world?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, narrative · What happens: indicate, return

This is exam question 4 of lesson 296 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: the ending, Remembrance flies through the seasons and the old couple wear golden crowns» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 indicates	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 phrase	nmod
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 indicates	amod
7	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 moment	det
9	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 indicates	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 returns	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrative	det
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 returns	nsubj
14	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 moment	parataxis
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 world	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 world	det
17	everyday	everyday	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 world	amod
18	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 returns	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 indicates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	which phrase in the text				moment		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	return	present	the narrative				at the moment	to the everyday world result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to world=Result

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

The little boy lay in his bed; he did not know if he had dreamed or not

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 bed	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bed	nmod:poss
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 know	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 know	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 know	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 know	advmod
12	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lay	conj
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 dreamed	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 dreamed	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 dreamed	aux
16	dreamed	dream	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 know	ccomp
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 not	cc
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 dreamed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	lie	past	the little boy	boy's bed	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location
2	not know	past · do-support	boy		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	dream a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	boy		vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The little boy lay in his bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 bed	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bed	nmod:poss
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	the little boy			boy's bed			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location

Option 3

The old man opened his Prayer-Book at last, and the flower was there

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	nsubj
4	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 Prayer	nmod:poss
6	Prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	obj
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Book	punct
8	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Prayer	appos
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 last	case
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Book	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 there	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 there	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 flower	det
14	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 there	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 there	cop
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 opened	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	open	past	the old man	man's Prayer		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location prayer=Theme
2	is	past	the flower		there property	tree rules
3	pray		man			nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The maiden said her name was Remembrance, at the tree in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 maiden	det
2	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 name	nmod:poss
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Remembrance	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Remembrance	cop
7	Remembrance	Remembrance	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tree	punct
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 dark	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 dark	det
14	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tree	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the maiden		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	maiden's name	Remembrance	tree rules
3	name		maiden		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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