Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost i…

Describe the physical appearance of the gypsy woman as recorded in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, record · To what, where: physical appearance, passage

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 appearance	det
3	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 appearance	amod
4	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 woman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woman	det
7	gypsy	gypsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	amod
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appearance	nmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 recorded	mark
10	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Describe	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 passage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 passage	det
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recorded	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the physical appearance of the gypsy woman					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme
2	record	participle	you not said here			the passage			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination

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

Her face was brown and her hair was deep black.

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	2 face	nmod:poss
2	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brown	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brown	cop
4	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 black	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hair	nmod:poss
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 black	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 black	cop
9	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 black	amod
10	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brown	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 brown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her face					brown property	tree rules
2	is	past	her hair					black property	tree rules

Option 2

Her face was brown and her hair was deep black, and she wore a large red shawl.

The tree, 17 words

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	2 face	nmod:poss
2	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brown	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brown	cop
4	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 black	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hair	nmod:poss
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 black	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 black	cop
9	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 black	amod
10	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brown	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wore	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wore	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wore	nsubj
14	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brown	parataxis
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 shawl	det
16	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 shawl	amod
17	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 shawl	amod
18	shawl	shawl	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wore	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 brown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her face		brown property	tree rules
2	is	past	her hair		black property	tree rules
3	wear	past	she	a large red shawl		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shawl=Theme

Option 3

Her eyes were dark and her skin was pale and white.

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	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dark	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dark	cop
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pale	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 skin	nmod:poss
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pale	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 pale	cop
9	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dark	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 white	cc
11	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dark	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dark	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her eyes	dark property	tree rules
2	is	past	her skin	pale property	tree rules
3	be		Her eyes not said here		tree rules

Option 4

Her face was brown, her hair was deep black, and her voice was soft and kind.

The tree, 16 words

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	2 face	nmod:poss
2	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brown	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brown	cop
4	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 black	punct
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hair	nmod:poss
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 black	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 black	cop
9	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 black	amod
10	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brown	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 soft	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 soft	cc
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 voice	nmod:poss
14	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 soft	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 soft	cop
16	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brown	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 kind	cc
18	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 soft	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 brown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her face	brown property	tree rules
2	is	past	her hair	black property	tree rules
3	is	past	her voice	soft property	tree rules
4	be		her voice not said here		tree rules

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