Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails f…

By what means did the bride of the young snail reach the burdock wood?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bride · What happens: mean, do, reach · To what, where: burdock wood

This is exam question 2 of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bride	det
6	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reach	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 snail	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 snail	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 snail	amod
10	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bride	nmod
11	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wood	det
13	burdock	burdock	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wood	compound
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reach	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			tree rules
3	reach	infinitive	the bride of the young snail	the burdock wood	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent wood=Theme

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

By a passing ant carrying her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 ant	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ant	det
3	passing	passing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ant	compound
4	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 ant	acl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carrying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund	a passing ant not said here	her = she					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2

By her own slow crawl over eight days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	5 crawl	case
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 crawl	nmod:poss
3	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crawl	amod
4	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crawl	amod
5	crawl	crawl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 days	case
7	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 days	nummod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 crawl	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crawl		her = she				over eight days		nom crawl «act intransitive»: poss=agent over=obl

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

Her own slow journey of eight days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 journey	nmod:poss
2	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 journey	amod
3	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 journey	amod
4	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 journey	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	journey		Her = she	eight days					nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

By a long journey of eight days, guided by six glow-worms who lit her way

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 journey	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 journey	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 journey	amod
4	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 journey	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 guided	punct
9	guided	guide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 journey	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	14 worms	case
11	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 worms	nummod
12	glow	glow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 worms	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 glow	punct
14	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 guided	obl
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 lit	nsubj
16	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 worms	acl:relcl
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 way	nmod:poss
18	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	guide	participle		a long journey of eight days not said here	by six glow worms	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by worm=Destination
2	light	past	six glow worms	her way		vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Product
3	journey			eight days		nom journey «act transitive»: of=patient

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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