Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin…
What does the elf king's remark, "They travel economically", most nearly imply about the goblins' journey?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: They, elf king, goblins · What happens: do, travel, imply, remark, journey · To what, where: remark · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 of lesson 823 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin visits, and the seven daughters show their skills» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 4 | elf | elf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 king | compound |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 remark | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 king | case |
| 7 | remark | remark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 travel | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 travel | punct |
| 10 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 travel | nsubj |
| 11 | travel | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 does | parataxis |
| 12 | economically | economically | ADV | _ | 11 travel | advmod |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 economically | punct |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 imply | punct |
| 15 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 17 imply | advmod |
| 16 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 17 imply | advmod |
| 17 | imply | imply | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 travel | conj |
| 18 | about | about | ADP | _ | 22 journey | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 goblins | det |
| 20 | goblins | goblin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 journey | nmod:poss |
| 21 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 20 goblins | case |
| 22 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 imply | obl |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the elf king's remark | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | travel in a quote | present | They | economically property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | imply | infinitive | They not said here | about the goblins's journey; nearly property | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 4 | remark | the elf king | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | journey | the goblins | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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
They go by sea and never pay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 go | nsubj |
| 2 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 sea | case |
| 4 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 go | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 pay | cc |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 pay | advmod |
| 7 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 go | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | They | by sea | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sea=Location | ||||
| 2 | not pay | infinitive | They not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
They are rich and wait for a ship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rich | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 rich | cop |
| 3 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wait | cc |
| 5 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 rich | conj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 ship | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ship | det |
| 8 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | rich property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | They not said here | for a ship | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
They walk a lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 walk | nsubj |
| 2 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lot | det |
| 4 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walk | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | present | They | a lot | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lot=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
They travel cheaply and wait for a ship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 travel | nsubj |
| 2 | travel | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | cheaply | cheaply | ADV | _ | 2 travel | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wait | cc |
| 5 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 travel | conj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 ship | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ship | det |
| 8 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | travel | present | They | cheaply property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | They not said here | for a ship | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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