Exam question 2 · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…

By what means did the rose elf communicate the account of the murder to the bees?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rose elf · What happens: mean, communicate, account · To what, where: account, bees, murder

This is exam question 2 of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» 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	8 communicate	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	8 communicate	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 elf	det
6	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 elf	compound
7	elf	elf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 communicate	nsubj
8	communicate	communicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 account	det
10	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 communicate	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 murder	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 murder	det
13	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 account	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 bees	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bees	det
16	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 communicate	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 communicate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	communicate	past · do-support	the rose elf	the account of the murder	the bees	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent account=Topic to bee=Recipient
3	account			the murder		nom account «communication transitive»: of=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

By flying to the hive at night and relating the whole sad story of the murder in a loud song

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 flying	mark
2	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 hive	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hive	det
5	hive	hive	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flying	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flying	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 relating	cc
9	relating	relate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 flying	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 story	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 story	amod
12	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 story	amod
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 relating	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 murder	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 murder	det
16	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 story	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 song	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 song	det
19	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 song	amod
20	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 relating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund					night	to the hive result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hive=Result
2	relate	gerund		the whole sad story of the murder				in a loud song goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent story=Theme in song=Goal

Option 2

By sending a messenger to the queen bee who then repeated the entire account to every bee in the garden

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 messenger	det
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 bee	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bee	det
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bee	compound
8	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 repeated	nsubj
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 repeated	advmod
11	repeated	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 bee	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 account	det
13	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 account	amod
14	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 repeated	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 bee	case
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 bee	det
17	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 repeated	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 garden	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 garden	det
20	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 repeated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund		a messenger	the queen bee				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to bee=Destination
2	repeat	past	the queen bee	the entire account	every bee	the garden	then		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent account=Topic to bee=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By flying to them and relating it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 flying	mark
2	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flying	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 relating	cc
6	relating	relate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 flying	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 relating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund			them = they				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to they=Result
2	relate	gerund		it					vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

By whispering to them in the hive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 whispering	mark
2	whispering	whisper	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 whispering	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hive	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hive	det
7	hive	hive	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whispering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	gerund			them = they	the hive			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient

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