Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf: pro…

What was the significance of the old woman's prayer in the final passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: significance, old woman · What happens: be, pray · To what, where: final passage

This is exam question 4 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	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 significance	det
4	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 prayer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woman	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	amod
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prayer	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 woman	case
10	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 significance	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 passage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 passage	det
13	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 passage	amod
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prayer	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the significance of the old woman's prayer in the final passage						tree rules
2	pray		the old woman			the final passage			nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place

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

It showed that the child's early pity for Inge had lasted all her life and finally reached God's ears in the marsh

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 lasted	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pity	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 child	case
7	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pity	amod
8	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lasted	nsubj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 Inge	case
10	Inge	Inge	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 pity	nmod
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 lasted	aux
12	lasted	last	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 showed	ccomp
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 life	det:predet
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 life	nmod:poss
15	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lasted	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 reached	cc
17	finally	finally	ADV	_	18 reached	advmod
18	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 showed	conj
19	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 ears	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 God	case
21	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 reached	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 marsh	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 marsh	det
24	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 reached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	show	past	It				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	last	past · perfect	the child's early pity for Inge	pity's life			vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme life=Value
3	reach	past		God's ears	the marsh	finally property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
4	pity		the child			for Inge	nom pity «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It proved that the child's early pity had endured into old age and that her prayers finally released Inge from the marsh forever

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proved	nsubj
2	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 endured	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pity	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 child	case
7	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pity	amod
8	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 endured	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 endured	aux
10	endured	endure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 proved	ccomp
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 age	case
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 age	amod
13	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 endured	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 released	cc
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 released	mark
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 prayers	nmod:poss
17	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 released	nsubj
18	finally	finally	ADV	_	19 released	advmod
19	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 proved	conj
20	Inge	Inge	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 released	obj
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 marsh	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 marsh	det
23	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 released	obl
24	forever	forever	ADV	_	19 released	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past	It					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	endure	past · perfect · passive		the child's early pity		into old age		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Circumstance
3	release	past	child's prayers	Inge	the marsh		finally, forever property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer inge=Source
4	pity		the child					nom pity «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
5	pray		child					nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It showed that the child's early pity had endured into old age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 endured	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pity	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 child	case
7	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pity	amod
8	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 endured	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 endured	aux
10	endured	endure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 showed	ccomp
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 age	case
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 age	amod
13	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 endured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	show	past	It			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	endure	past · perfect · passive		the child's early pity	into old age	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Circumstance
3	pity		the child			nom pity «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It meant the village had forgiven Inge for her pride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 village	det
4	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgiven	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 forgiven	aux
6	forgiven	forgive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 Inge	amod
7	Inge	Inge	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 meant	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 pride	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pride	nmod:poss
10	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	past	It	forgiven Inge	for Inge's pride	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot inge=Theme for pride=Attribute
2	forgive	past · perfect · passive		the village		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	pride		Inge			nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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