Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by…

According to the passage, what did the voice foretell regarding the lifespan of the Dryad should she travel to the city?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, Dryad · What happens: accord, do, foretell, regard, travel · To what, where: voice, lifespan

This is exam question 2 of lesson 815 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by lightning, and the Dryad hears of the Paris Exhibition and its doom» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 foretell	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 passage	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 voice	det
9	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	obj
10	foretell	foretell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 lifespan	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lifespan	det
13	lifespan	lifespan	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 foretell	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 Dryad	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Dryad	det
16	Dryad	Dryad	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 travel	obl
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 travel	aux
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 travel	nsubj
19	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 lifespan	acl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 city	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 city	det
22	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 travel	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 foretell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	do	past	the passage	the voice		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality
3	foretell	present			accord the passage; regard the lifespan	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	travel	should	Dryad	the lifespan not said here	of the Dryad; to the city	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lifespan=Trajectory

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

That her leaves would fall before the next spring came

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 her	nsubj
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 leaves	nmod:poss
3	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fall	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fall	aux
5	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 came	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spring	det
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spring	amod
9	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fall	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	would	her leaves						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	past	the next spring						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

That she would be given a new tree body and a new name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 given	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 given	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 given	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 given	aux:pass
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 body	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 body	amod
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 body	compound
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 name	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 name	det
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 name	amod
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 body	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would · passive		That					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient body=Theme

Option 3

Her life would end

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 life	nmod:poss
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 end	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 end	aux
4	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	would	Her life						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That her life would be shortened to a span of a single day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 her	nsubj
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 life	nmod:poss
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shortened	nsubj:pass
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 shortened	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 shortened	aux:pass
6	shortened	shorten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 span	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 span	det
9	span	span	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shortened	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 day	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 day	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 day	amod
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 span	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shorten	would · passive		her life				to a span of a single day	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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