Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back…
By what means did the spectre restore the soul of the woman?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: spectre · What happens: mean, restore · To what, where: soul
This is exam question 2 of lesson 795 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back her soul» 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=Rel | 7 restore | obl |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 restore | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 spectre | det |
| 6 | spectre | spectre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 restore | nsubj |
| 7 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 soul | det |
| 9 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 restore | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 woman | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 woman | det |
| 12 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 soul | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 restore | 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 | restore | past · do-support | the spectre | the soul of the woman | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent soul=Theme |
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 · ✓ the right answer
By declaring he was buried in her heart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 declaring | mark |
| 2 | declaring | declare | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 buried | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 buried | aux:pass |
| 5 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 declaring | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 heart | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 heart | nmod:poss |
| 8 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | declare speech: other | gerund | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | bury | past · passive | he | her heart | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in heart=Destination |
Option 2
By giving her back the sea water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 giving | mark |
| 2 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 giving | iobj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 giving | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 water | compound |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 giving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | gerund | the sea water | her = she | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient water=Theme |
Option 3
By prayer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 prayer | case |
| 2 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
By the bell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 bell | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bell | det |
| 3 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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