Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf: pro…

What was the principal consequence of the protagonist's arrogance as described in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, describe · To what, where: principal consequence, arrogance, passage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 832 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf: proud Inge tramples bread, sinks into the marsh and is punished» 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 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 arrogance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 protagonist	det
8	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arrogance	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 protagonist	case
10	arrogance	arrogance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 described	mark
12	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 arrogance	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 passage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 described	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal consequence				of the protagonist's arrogance	tree rules
2	describe	participle		the protagonist's arrogance not said here		the passage			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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She was condemned to stand motionless in a place of torment

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 condemned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 condemned	aux:pass
3	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stand	mark
5	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 condemned	xcomp
6	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stand	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 place	det
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stand	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 torment	case
11	torment	torment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	condemn	past · passive		She					tree rules
2	stand	to-infinitive				a place of torment		motionless property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location

Option 2

She was forced to wander the village in the rain

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 forced	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forced	aux:pass
3	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wander	mark
5	wander	wander	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forced	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 village	det
7	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wander	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 rain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rain	det
10	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wander	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	past · passive		She					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	wander	to-infinitive	She not said here	the village		the rain			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme village=Trajectory

Option 3

She was sent to bed without supper

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	to	to	ADP	_	5 bed	case
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 supper	case
7	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		She		bed		without supper	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to bed=Destination

Option 4

She was condemned to stand motionless in a place of torment, while her mother wept and the child who pitied her prayed

The tree, 22 words

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 condemned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 condemned	aux:pass
3	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stand	mark
5	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 condemned	xcomp
6	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stand	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 place	det
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stand	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 torment	case
11	torment	torment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 place	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wept	punct
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 wept	mark
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mother	nmod:poss
15	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wept	nsubj
16	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 condemned	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 prayed	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 child	det
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 prayed	nsubj
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 pitied	nsubj
21	pitied	pity	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 child	acl:relcl
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 pitied	obj
23	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 wept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	condemn	past · passive		She			tree rules
2	stand	to-infinitive			a place of torment	motionless property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location
3	weep	past	her mother				vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	pity	past	the child	child			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
5	pray	past	the child				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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