Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of…

What was the principal occupation of the mother upon her return?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: her · What happens: be, return · To what, where: principal occupation

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 occupation	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 occupation	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 occupation	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 occupation	amod
5	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 mother	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mother	det
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occupation	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 return	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 return	nmod:poss
11	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mother	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 occupation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal occupation				of the mother upon her return	tree rules
2	return		her = she						nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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

On coming home she first kissed the boy on the eyes and mouth and then took little Augusta upon her arm while the neighbours gathered round.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	SCONJ	_	2 coming	mark
2	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 kissed	advcl
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 coming	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kissed	nsubj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 kissed	advmod
6	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kissed	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 eyes	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 eyes	det
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kissed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mouth	cc
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eyes	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 took	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 took	advmod
16	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kissed	conj
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 Augusta	amod
18	Augusta	Augusta	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 took	obj
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 arm	case
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 arm	nmod:poss
21	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 took	obl
22	while	while	SCONJ	_	25 gathered	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 neighbours	det
24	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 gathered	nsubj
25	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 took	advcl
26	round	round	ADV	_	25 gathered	advmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 kissed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	gerund	she not said here					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	kiss	past	she	the boy		the eyes and mouth		first property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Co-Agent
3	take	past	she not said here		little Augusta		then	upon Augusta's arm	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument augusta=Destination
4	gather	past	the neighbours					round property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She took little Augusta upon her arm.

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Augusta	amod
4	Augusta	Augusta	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 arm	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 arm	nmod:poss
7	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	She		little Augusta			upon Augusta's arm	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument augusta=Destination

Option 3

She carried the washing to the yard.

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 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 washing	det
4	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 yard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 yard	det
7	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	She	the washing				to the yard	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent washing=Theme to yard=Destination

Option 4

She went straight to the kitchen and put the kettle on the fire for the whole family.

The tree, 17 words

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 kitchen	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 kitchen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kitchen	det
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 put	cc
8	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kettle	det
10	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 put	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 fire	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fire	det
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 put	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 family	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 family	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 family	amod
17	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 put	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	She			the kitchen			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to kitchen=Initial_Location
2	put	infinitive	She not said here	the kettle		the fire		for the whole family	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent kettle=Theme on fire=Destination

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