Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 70: Rudy climbs to…

Which of the following did the hunters bind together over the cavity in order to reach the nest?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hunters · What happens: follow, do, bind, reach · To what, where: cavity, nest

This is exam question 1 of lesson 859 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 70: Rudy climbs to the eagle's nest» 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 following	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hunters	det
7	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bind	nsubj
8	bind	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	parataxis
9	together	together	ADV	_	8 bind	advmod
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 cavity	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cavity	det
12	cavity	cavity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bind	obl
13	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	16 reach	mark
14	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 in	fixed
15	to	to	PART	_	16 reach	mark
16	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 bind	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 nest	det
18	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 reach	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	do	past					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bind	present	the hunters		the cavity	together property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	reach	to-infinitive	the hunters not said here	the nest			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent nest=Theme

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

three ladders only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 ladders	nummod
2	ladders	ladder	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	2 ladders	advmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

three ladders tied together in a row, with ropes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 ladders	nummod
2	ladders	ladder	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ladders	acl
4	together	together	ADV	_	3 tied	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 row	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 row	det
7	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tied	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ropes	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 ropes	case
10	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ladders	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle		three ladders and ropes not said here		a row		together property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

two additional ladders, fastened to the three beneath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 ladders	nummod
2	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ladders	amod
3	ladders	ladder	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fastened	punct
5	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ladders	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 beneath	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beneath	det
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 beneath	nummod
9	beneath	beneath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fastened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	participle		two additional ladders not said here				to the three beneath	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to beneath=Co-Patient

Option 4

two more ladders, lashed to the pole beneath them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 ladders	nummod
2	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 ladders	amod
3	ladders	ladder	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lashed	punct
5	lashed	lash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ladders	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 pole	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pole	det
8	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lashed	obl
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pole	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lash	participle		two more ladders not said here				to the pole beneath ladders	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to pole=Co-Patient

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