Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees…

In what manner does Anne Lisbeth, upon perceiving the apparition, proceed to the churchyard in order to fulfil the demands of the spectre?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: manner, you · What happens: do, perceive, proceed, fulfil, demand · To what, where: Anne, apparition, demands, spectre

This is exam question 1 of lesson 794 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees a ghostly child and digs a grave by the sea before dawn» 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	In	in	SCONJ	_	4 does	mark
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 proceed	advcl
5	Anne	Anne	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
6	Lisbeth	Lisbeth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Anne	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 perceiving	punct
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 perceiving	mark
9	perceiving	perceive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 does	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 apparition	det
11	apparition	apparition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 perceiving	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct
13	proceed	proceed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 churchyard	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 churchyard	det
16	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 proceed	obl
17	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	20 fulfil	mark
18	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 in	fixed
19	to	to	PART	_	20 fulfil	mark
20	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 proceed	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 demands	det
22	demands	demand	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 fulfil	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 spectre	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 spectre	det
25	spectre	spectre	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 demands	nmod
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 proceed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	what manner	Anne		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anne=Eventuality
2	perceive	gerund	what manner not said here	the apparition		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer apparition=Stimulus
3	proceed	imperative	you not said here		to the churchyard	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	fulfil	to-infinitive	you not said here	the demands of the spectre		tree rules
5	demand			the spectre		nom demand «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

She hastens thither and begins to excavate a grave with her own hands

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 hastens	nsubj
2	hastens	hasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thither	thither	ADV	_	2 hastens	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 begins	cc
5	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hastens	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 excavate	mark
7	excavate	excavate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 begins	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 grave	det
9	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 excavate	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 hands	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hands	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hands	amod
13	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 excavate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hasten	present	She		thither property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	begin	present	She not said here			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	excavate	to-infinitive	She not said here	a grave	with her own hands	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent grave=Location

Option 2

She runs off to the church and begins to bury the sea-child in the mud

The tree, 16 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 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 runs	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 church	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 church	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 runs	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 begins	cc
8	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 runs	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 bury	mark
10	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 begins	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 child	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 child	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 sea	punct
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bury	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 mud	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mud	det
17	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bury	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	run off	present	She			to the church result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to church=Result
2	begin	present	She not said here				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	bury	to-infinitive	She not said here	the sea child	the mud		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme in mud=Destination

Option 3

She goes there

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 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	She			there			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She walks to the graveyard and waits for the spectre to appear again

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 walks	nsubj
2	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 graveyard	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 graveyard	det
5	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walks	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 waits	cc
7	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 walks	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 spectre	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spectre	det
10	spectre	spectre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waits	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 appear	mark
12	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 waits	advcl
13	again	again	ADV	_	12 appear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	She		to the graveyard result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to graveyard=Result
2	wait	present	She not said here		for the spectre	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	appear	to-infinitive	She not said here	again		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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