Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Bab…

Which of the following identifies the destination to which the miller and his daughter had travelled?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, travell · To what, where: destination, miller

This is exam question 1 of lesson 856 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Babette is away and climbs the mountains after her» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 identifies	nsubj
5	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 destination	det
7	destination	destination	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identifies	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 travelled	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 miller	det
11	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 travelled	nsubj:pass
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 daughter	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 daughter	nmod:poss
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 miller	conj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 travelled	aux
16	travelled	travell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 destination	acl:relcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the destination		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent destination=Theme
3	travell	past · perfect · passive	the miller and his daughter	to the destination	tree rules

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

Lucerne, where a big church fair was held

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lucerne	Lucerne	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 held	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 held	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fair	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fair	amod
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fair	compound
7	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 held	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 held	aux:pass
9	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Lucerne	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past · passive		a big church fair					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Interlaken, where the shooting festival was being held

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Interlaken	Interlaken	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 held	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 held	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 festival	det
5	shooting	shooting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 festival	compound
6	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 held	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 held	aux:pass
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 held	aux:pass
9	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Interlaken	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past · passive		the shooting festival					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Interlaken, a town in the valley where the miller had gone to sell his grain

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Interlaken	Interlaken	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 gone	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 town	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 town	det
4	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gone	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 valley	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 valley	det
7	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gone	obl
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 gone	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 miller	det
10	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gone	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 gone	aux
12	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 sell	mark
14	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 gone	advcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 grain	nmod:poss
16	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	Interlaken			the valley			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in valley=Location
2	sell	to-infinitive	Interlaken not said here	miller's grain					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme

Option 4

Bern, where the great market was being held

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bern	bern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 held	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 held	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 market	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 market	amod
6	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 held	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 held	aux:pass
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 held	aux:pass
9	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Bern	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past · passive		the great market					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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