Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches In…

Upon what occasion was Rudy first addressed by the miller of Bex?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: miller · What happens: be, address · To what, where: occasion Rudy

This is exam question 4 of lesson 857 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches Interlachen, wins the shooting match and meets Babette again» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Rudy	compound
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Rudy	cop
5	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 addressed	nsubj:pass
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 addressed	advmod
7	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 what	acl:relcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 miller	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 miller	det
10	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 addressed	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Bex	case
12	Bex	Bex	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 miller	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		occasion Rudy					tree rules
2	address	participle · passive	the miller of Bex	occasion Rudy				first property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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

when the miller struck him on the shoulder and spoke French to him at the tavern in the evening

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	SCONJ	_	4 struck	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 miller	det
3	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	nsubj
4	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 spoke	advcl
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 struck	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 shoulder	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shoulder	det
8	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 spoke	cc
10	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 spoke	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 spoke	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 tavern	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tavern	det
16	tavern	tavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spoke	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 evening	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 evening	det
19	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tavern	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the miller	him = he				on the shoulder	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument on shoulder=Patient
2	speak speech: other	past		French	miller	the tavern in the evening			tree rules

Option 2

when the crowd cheered for him in town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 cheered	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crowd	det
3	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheered	nsubj
4	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cheered	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 town	case
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheer	past	the crowd			town		for him = he	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

when he won the prize at the big match in the town hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	SCONJ	_	3 won	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 won	nsubj
3	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prize	det
5	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 match	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 match	det
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 match	amod
9	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 hall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hall	det
12	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hall	compound
13	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	he	the prize		the big match		in the town hall	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent prize=Theme at match=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

when the miller struck him on the shoulder and spoke in French

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	SCONJ	_	4 struck	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 miller	det
3	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	nsubj
4	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 struck	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 shoulder	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shoulder	det
8	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 spoke	cc
10	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 struck	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 French	case
12	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the miller	him = he				on the shoulder	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument on shoulder=Patient
2	speak speech: other	past	the miller not said here			French			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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