Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Bab…
Which of the following correctly describes the object that Rudy carried upon his back during his journey?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rudy · What happens: follow, describe, carry, journey · To what, where: object
This is exam question 2 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 | 4 following | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 following | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 6 describes | advmod |
| 6 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 following | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 object | det |
| 8 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | obj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 carried | mark |
| 10 | Rudy | Rudy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 carried | nsubj |
| 11 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 object | acl:relcl |
| 12 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 14 back | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 back | nmod:poss |
| 14 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 carried | obl |
| 15 | during | during | ADP | _ | 17 journey | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 journey | nmod:poss |
| 17 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 carried | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the object | correctly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | ||||
| 3 | carry | past | Rudy | the object not said here | during Rudy's journey | upon Rudy's back | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme | ||
| 4 | journey | Rudy | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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
a knapsack containing his Sunday clothes and his grandfather's old hunting horn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 knapsack | det |
| 2 | knapsack | knapsack | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | containing | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 knapsack | acl |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 clothes | compound |
| 6 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 containing | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 horn | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 grandfather | nmod:poss |
| 9 | grandfather | grandfather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 horn | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 grandfather | case |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 horn | amod |
| 12 | hunting | hunting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 horn | compound |
| 13 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knapsack | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | gerund | a knapsack and his grandfather's old hunting horn not said here | his Sunday clothes | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot clothes=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
a knapsack containing his Sunday clothes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 knapsack | det |
| 2 | knapsack | knapsack | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | containing | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 knapsack | acl |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 clothes | compound |
| 6 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 containing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | gerund | a knapsack not said here | his Sunday clothes | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot clothes=Theme |
Option 3
a wooden staff and a tin cup of water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 staff | det |
| 2 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 staff | amod |
| 3 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cup | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cup | det |
| 6 | tin | tin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cup | compound |
| 7 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 staff | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cup | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a heavy knapsack holding his Sunday clothes, bread, and a small cheese for the road
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 knapsack | det |
| 2 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 knapsack | amod |
| 3 | knapsack | knapsack | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | holding | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 knapsack | acl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 clothes | compound |
| 7 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 4 holding | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bread | punct |
| 9 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 clothes | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cheese | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 cheese | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 cheese | det |
| 13 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 cheese | amod |
| 14 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knapsack | conj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 road | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 road | det |
| 17 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cheese | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | gerund | a heavy knapsack and a small cheese for the road not said here | his Sunday clothes and bread | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme |
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