Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost i…
State the nature of the gypsy woman's offer to the children near the lake.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: gypsy woman · What happens: offer
This is exam question 3 of lesson 849 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost in the forest, the children meet a gypsy with wishing nuts» 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 offer | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 nature | det |
| 3 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 offer | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 offer | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 woman | det |
| 6 | gypsy | gypsy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 woman | amod |
| 7 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 offer | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 woman | case |
| 9 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 children | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 children | det |
| 12 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 offer | nmod |
| 13 | near | near | ADP | _ | 15 lake | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 lake | det |
| 15 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 children | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 offer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | the gypsy woman | to the children near the lake | nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
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 offered them a bag of gold that was said to be hidden well.
The tree, 14 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 | 2 offered | nsubj |
| 2 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 offered | iobj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bag | det |
| 5 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 offered | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bag | nmod |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 said | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | aux:pass |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 gold | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 hidden | mark |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 hidden | aux:pass |
| 13 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 said | xcomp |
| 14 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 hidden | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 offered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | She | a bag of gold | them = they | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal bag=Theme | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past · passive | gold | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | hide | to-infinitive · passive | well property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V» |
Option 2
She offered a ride home.
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 offered | nsubj |
| 2 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 ride | det |
| 4 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 offered | obj |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 offered | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 offered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | She | a ride | home property | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent ride=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She offered three nuts said to contain wonderful things.
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 offered | nsubj |
| 2 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 nuts | nummod |
| 4 | nuts | nut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 offered | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 contain | mark |
| 7 | contain | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | xcomp |
| 8 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 things | amod |
| 9 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 contain | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 offered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | three nuts | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | contain | to-infinitive | three nuts not said here | wonderful things | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme |
Option 4
She offered them a basket of apples from the nearby farm.
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 offered | nsubj |
| 2 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 offered | iobj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 basket | det |
| 5 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 offered | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 apples | case |
| 7 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 basket | nmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 farm | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 farm | det |
| 10 | nearby | nearby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 farm | amod |
| 11 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 offered | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 offered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | She | a basket of apples | them = they | the nearby farm | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal basket=Theme |
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