Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home…

What did Rudy's foster-mother say to him upon his return?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: foster mother, Rudy · What happens: say, return · To what, where: Rudy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 858 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home over the mountains, meets the strange maiden, then visits Babette at the mill» 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 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
3	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mother	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Rudy	case
5	foster	foster	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mother	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 foster	punct
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 say	obl
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 return	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 return	nmod:poss
13	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Rudy's foster mother		Rudy			upon Rudy's return	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to he=Recipient
2	return		Rudy						nom return «communication intransitive»: 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

You bring us all such fine luck, Rudy dear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 bring	nsubj
2	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 bring	obj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 luck	nsubj
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 luck	amod
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 luck	amod
7	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Rudy	punct
9	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 luck	appos
10	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Rudy	appos
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	You		us				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument we=Destination
2	luck		all						tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

You have brought good luck with you, Rudy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 brought	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 brought	aux
3	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 luck	amod
5	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 luck	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Rudy	punct
9	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 luck	appos
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present · perfect	You	good luck				with you	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent luck=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Welcome home, Rudy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Welcome	welcome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 home	amod
2	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Rudy	punct
4	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 home	appos
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 home	punct

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

Option 4

You have come home at last, Rudy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 come	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
3	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 come	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 last	case
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 come	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Rudy	punct
8	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · perfect	You	Rudy		last		home property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location

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