Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maiden, part 65: Rudy cro…

What, according to the passage, did the guides hold out to Rudy on the slippery ice?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, guides · What happens: accord, do, hold out · To what, where: Rudy, slippery ice

This is exam question 4 of lesson 854 «Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maiden, part 65: Rudy crosses the mountains and reaches his uncle's house» 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	8 did	obj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 passage	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 passage	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 passage	det
6	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 passage	punct
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 guides	det
10	guides	guide	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hold	nsubj
11	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 did	parataxis
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 hold	compound:prt
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Rudy	case
14	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hold	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	18 ice	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ice	det
17	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 ice	amod
18	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hold	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	do	past	the passage			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	hold out	present	the guides	Rudy	the slippery ice	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Location

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

their hands and a long iron chain fixed into the rock wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hands	nmod:poss
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chain	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 chain	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chain	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chain	amod
6	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chain	compound
7	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 chain	acl
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 wall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wall	det
11	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wall	compound
12	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle		a long iron chain not said here				into the rock wall	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent into wall=Co-Patient

Option 2

their hands and a long rope fixed to the cliff for his safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hands	nmod:poss
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rope	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rope	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rope	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rope	amod
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 rope	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 cliff	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cliff	det
10	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fixed	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 safety	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 safety	nmod:poss
13	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle		a long rope not said here				to the cliff; for his safety	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to cliff=Co-Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

their hands to steady him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hands	nmod:poss
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 steady	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 steady	mark
4	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 steady	nsubj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

their hands to assist him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hands	nmod:poss
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 assist	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 assist	mark
4	assist	assist	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 assist	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	to-infinitive	their hands		him = he				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

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