Exam question 2 · Andersen's tales, The Dryad, part 27: the chestnut is carr…

Identify the emotion principally experienced by the Dryad upon departure.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, experience · To what, where: emotion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 816 «Andersen's tales, The Dryad, part 27: the chestnut is carried to Paris and the Dryad longs to be human» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 emotion	det
3	emotion	emotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	principally	principally	ADV	_	5 experienced	advmod
5	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 emotion	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Dryad	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Dryad	det
8	Dryad	Dryad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 experienced	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 departure	case
10	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 experienced	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the emotion					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent emotion=Theme
2	experience	participle		the emotion not said here				by the Dryad; upon departure; principally property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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

Deep sorrow at parting from her companions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sorrow	amod
2	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 parting	case
4	parting	parting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorrow	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 companions	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 companions	nmod:poss
7	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sorrow	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Mild curiosity and fear, combined with a pleasurable expectation of the strange new city ahead and all its noisy streets

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 curiosity	amod
2	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 fear	cc
4	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 curiosity	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 combined	punct
6	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 curiosity	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 expectation	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 expectation	det
9	pleasurable	pleasurable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 expectation	amod
10	expectation	expectation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 combined	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 city	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 city	det
13	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 city	amod
14	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 city	amod
15	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 expectation	nmod
16	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	15 city	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 streets	cc
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 streets	det:predet
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 streets	nmod:poss
20	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 streets	amod
21	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 city	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	combine	participle		Mild curiosity and fear not said here				with a pleasurable expectation of the strange new city and expectation's noisy streets	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with expectation=Co-Patient
2	expect			the strange new city and expectation's noisy streets					nom expectation «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Anxious dread mixed with the wish to return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anxious	anxious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dread	amod
2	dread	dread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dread	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 wish	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wish	det
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mixed	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 return	mark
8	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 mixed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	participle		Anxious dread not said here				with the wish	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with wish=Co-Patient
2	return	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Pleasurable expectation tinged with forgetfulness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pleasurable	pleasurable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 expectation	amod
2	expectation	expectation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	tinged	ting	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 expectation	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 forgetfulness	case
5	forgetfulness	forgetfulness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tinged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ting	participle		Pleasurable expectation not said here				with forgetfulness	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with forgetfulness=Theme

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