Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of…

By what means did the old washerwoman's presence manifest itself to Tuk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do · To what, where: presence manifest, Tuk

This is exam question 2 of lesson 307 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of Danish towns and falls asleep» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 washerwoman	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 washerwoman	amod
7	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 manifest	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 washerwoman	case
9	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 manifest	compound
10	manifest	manifest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
11	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	10 manifest	nmod:unmarked
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 Tuk	case
13	Tuk	Tuk	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past		the old washerwoman's presence manifest manifest	Tuk				tree rules

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

Through a wet kiss upon his cheek and forehead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	4 kiss	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 kiss	det
3	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kiss	amod
4	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 cheek	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cheek	nmod:poss
7	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kiss	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forehead	cc
9	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cheek	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Through a sensation of a kiss upon the eyes and mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 sensation	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sensation	det
3	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 kiss	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kiss	det
6	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sensation	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 eyes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eyes	det
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kiss	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mouth	cc
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eyes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sense			a kiss upon the eyes and mouth					nom sensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

By the sound of a croaking voice in the dark room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 sound	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sound	det
3	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 voice	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 voice	det
6	croaking	croaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 voice	compound
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sound	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 room	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 room	det
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 room	amod
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 voice	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Through a warm and sudden sensation of lips pressed upon both the eyes and the mouth of the sleeping boy

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	6 sensation	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sensation	det
3	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sensation	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sudden	cc
5	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 warm	conj
6	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 lips	case
8	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sensation	nmod
9	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 lips	acl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 pressed	obl
11	both	both	CCONJ	_	13 eyes	cc:preconj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 eyes	det
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lips	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 mouth	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mouth	det
16	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sensation	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 boy	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 boy	det
19	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 boy	compound
20	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mouth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	participle		lips both the eyes not said here					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	sense			lips both the eyes					nom sensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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