Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Flying Trunk: the kitchen talk ends…

What was the final condition of the princess as described in the tale?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, describe · To what, where: final condition, princess, tale

This is exam question 4 of lesson 829 «Andersen's Tales, The Flying Trunk: the kitchen talk ends and the trunk burns» 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	5 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 condition	det
4	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 condition	amod
5	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 princess	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princess	det
8	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 condition	nmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 described	mark
10	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 princess	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 tale	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tale	det
13	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 described	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the final condition				of the princess	tree rules
2	describe	participle		the princess not said here		the tale			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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

she was sent away to the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	past · passive		she				to the sea; away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

she remained waiting upon the high roof while the merchant's son slept inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 remained	xcomp
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 roof	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roof	det
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 roof	amod
7	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 slept	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 merchant	det
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 son	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 merchant	case
12	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 slept	nsubj
13	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 waiting	advcl
14	inside	inside	ADV	_	13 slept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	remain	past	she			tree rules
2	wait	gerund	she not said here	the high roof		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon roof=Location
3	sleep	past	the merchant's son		inside property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she remained waiting upon the roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 remained	xcomp
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 roof	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roof	det
6	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	she						tree rules
2	wait	gerund	she not said here			the roof			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon roof=Location

Option 4

she remained waiting upon the roof for many years until dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 remained	xcomp
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 roof	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roof	det
6	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 years	case
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 years	amod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 waiting	obl
10	until	until	ADP	_	11 dawn	case
11	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	she				dawn		tree rules
2	wait	gerund	she not said here			the roof	year		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon roof=Location

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