Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf: pro…

Which figure ultimately offered compassion to the protagonist at the close of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: figure, offer · To what, where: offered compassion, close

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 figure	nsubj
2	figure	figure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	4 offered	advmod
4	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 compassion	amod
5	compassion	compassion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 figure	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 protagonist	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 protagonist	det
8	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 figure	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 close	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 close	det
11	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 figure	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 narrative	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 narrative	det
14	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 close	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 figure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	figure	present		offered compassion		the close of the narrative		to the protagonist	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent compassion=Patient to protagonist=Co-Patient
2	offer	participle						ultimately property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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

The child who wept and prayed for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prayed	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 wept	nsubj
4	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 child	acl:relcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 wept	cc
6	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 prayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	the child						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pray	past	the child					for her = she	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for she=Theme

Option 2

The cowherd who watched from the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cowherd	det
2	cowherd	cowherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 watched	nsubj
4	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cowherd	acl:relcl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 hill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	the cowherd			the hill			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The gentle old woman who had once been the little child and who wept and prayed for her sinful soul

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 woman	det
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 woman	acl:relcl
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 child	advmod
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 child	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 child	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 child	amod
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wept	cc
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 wept	nsubj
14	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 had	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 prayed	cc
16	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 had	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 soul	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 soul	nmod:poss
19	sinful	sinful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 soul	amod
20	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 prayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	the gentle old woman			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	participle		the little child	once property	tree rules
3	weep	past				vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	pray	past	the gentle old woman not said here		for child's sinful soul	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for soul=Theme

Option 4

The little child who first said poor Inge and then wept and prayed for her to be saved

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 said	nsubj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 said	advmod
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 child	acl:relcl
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Inge	amod
8	Inge	Inge	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wept	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 wept	advmod
11	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 prayed	cc
13	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 prayed	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	18 saved	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 saved	aux:pass
18	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 prayed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the little child		first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	weep	past	the little child not said here	then		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pray	past	the little child not said here		for Inge	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for she=Theme
4	save	to-infinitive · passive	the little child not said here			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»

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