Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees…

Which element of the text most clearly demonstrates that the protagonist is motivated by superstitious terror rather than by genuine maternal affection?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: element, superstitious terror · What happens: demonstrate, motivate · To what, where: protagonist

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 element	det
2	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demonstrates	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 element	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 clearly	advmod
7	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	8 demonstrates	advmod
8	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 motivated	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 protagonist	det
11	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 motivated	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 motivated	aux:pass
13	motivated	motivate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 demonstrates	advcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 terror	case
15	superstitious	superstitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 terror	amod
16	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 motivated	obl
17	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	22 affection	cc
18	than	than	ADP	_	17 rather	fixed
19	by	by	ADP	_	22 affection	case
20	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 affection	amod
21	maternal	maternal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 affection	amod
22	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 terror	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 demonstrates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	which element of the text					clearly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	motivate	present · passive	superstitious terror rather genuine maternal affection	the protagonist					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 · ← Mova's choice

Her terror that the spirit will never find rest unless consecrated burial is granted, and that she herself will be cursed for ever

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 terror	nmod:poss
2	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 granted	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 find	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spirit	det
5	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 find	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 find	advmod
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 terror	acl
9	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj
10	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	12 burial	case
11	consecrated	consecrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 burial	amod
12	burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obl
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 granted	aux:pass
14	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 cursed	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 cursed	cc
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 cursed	mark
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 cursed	nsubj:pass
19	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	22 cursed	nsubj:pass
20	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 cursed	aux
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 cursed	aux:pass
22	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 granted	conj
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 ever	case
24	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	22 cursed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not find	future	the spirit	rest	unless consecrated burial	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Topic
2	consecrate	participle				vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	grant	present · passive		Her terror		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
4	curse	future · passive		spirit		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for ever=Attribute

Option 2

Her dread that the ghost will haunt her forever if the grave is not dug

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dread	nmod:poss
2	dread	dread	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 haunt	nsubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 haunt	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ghost	det
5	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 haunt	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 haunt	aux
7	haunt	haunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 haunt	obj
9	forever	forever	ADV	_	7 haunt	advmod
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 dug	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grave	det
12	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dug	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 dug	aux:pass
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 dug	advmod
15	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 haunt	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	haunt	future	Her dread	ghost	forever property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
2	not dig a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		the grave		vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
3	dread		Her = she			nom dread «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her fear that the spirit will never rest unless consecrated burial is granted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 fear	nmod:poss
2	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 granted	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 rest	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spirit	det
5	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rest	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 rest	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 rest	advmod
8	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fear	acl
9	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	11 burial	case
10	consecrated	consecrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 burial	amod
11	burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rest	obl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 granted	aux:pass
13	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not rest	future	the spirit	Her fear not said here	unless consecrated burial	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fear=Theme
2	consecrate	participle				vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	grant	present · passive		Her fear		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
4	fear		Her = she			nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Her anxious prayers to the saints that the child might rest in holy ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 prayers	nmod:poss
2	anxious	anxious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prayers	amod
3	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 saints	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 saints	det
6	saints	saint	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prayers	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 rest	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rest	nsubj
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 rest	aux
11	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 saints	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 ground	case
13	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ground	amod
14	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	might	the child	the saints		holy ground			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent that=Theme in ground=Location
2	pray		Her = she					to the saints	nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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