Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks…

Which of the following describes the principal reason the king's son continues alone into the wood?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal reason · What happens: follow, describe, continue · To what, where: wood

This is exam question 1 of lesson 800 «Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks on alone, deeper into the wood after the sound» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 continues	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
7	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 reason	amod
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 continues	nsubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 son	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 king	case
12	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reason	nmod
13	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	13 continues	advmod
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 wood	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wood	det
17	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 continues	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 continues	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	continue	present	the principal reason the king's son	the wood	alone property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial_Location

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

He wishes to see the bell, despite the long walk ahead.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wishes	nsubj
2	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wishes	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bell	det
6	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 walk	punct
8	despite	despite	ADP	_	11 walk	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 walk	det
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 walk	amod
11	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl
12	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	11 walk	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wishes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	present	He						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive		the bell				despite the long walk	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bell=Stimulus

Option 2

He is determined to locate the bell, regardless of the difficulty and danger of the journey through the dark wood and across the cold lakes.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 determined	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	cop
3	determined	determined	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 locate	mark
5	locate	locate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 determined	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bell	det
7	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locate	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 difficulty	punct
9	regardless	regardless	ADV	_	12 difficulty	advmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 difficulty	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 difficulty	det
12	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locate	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 danger	cc
14	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 difficulty	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 journey	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 journey	det
17	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 danger	nmod
18	through	through	ADP	_	21 wood	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 wood	det
20	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 wood	amod
21	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 difficulty	nmod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 lakes	cc
23	across	across	ADP	_	26 lakes	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 lakes	det
25	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 lakes	amod
26	lakes	lake	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 wood	conj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 determined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					determined property	tree rules
2	locate	to-infinitive	He not said here	the bell				of the difficulty through the dark wood and the cold lakes and danger of the journey	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is determined to locate the bell, regardless of the difficulty of the journey.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 determined	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	cop
3	determined	determined	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 locate	mark
5	locate	locate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 determined	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bell	det
7	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locate	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 difficulty	punct
9	regardless	regardless	ADV	_	12 difficulty	advmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 difficulty	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 difficulty	det
12	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locate	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 journey	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 journey	det
15	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 difficulty	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 determined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					determined property	tree rules
2	locate	to-infinitive	He not said here	the bell				of the difficulty of the journey	tree rules

Option 4

He is eager to find the bell, whatever the journey costs him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eager	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 eager	cop
3	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 eager	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bell	det
7	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 costs	punct
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 costs	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 journey	det
11	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 costs	nsubj
12	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 eager	parataxis
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 costs	iobj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 eager	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			eager property	tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive	He not said here	the bell			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Topic
3	cost	present	the journey	whatever	him = he		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme he=Beneficiary whatever=Value

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