Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 70: Rudy climbs to…

What did Vertigo do to Rudy when he reached the topmost step?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Vertigo · What happens: do, reach · To what, where: Rudy, topmost step

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	Vertigo	Vertigo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Rudy	case
6	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 reached	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 reached	nsubj
9	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 do	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 step	det
11	topmost	topmost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 step	amod
12	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reached	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Vertigo		Rudy				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	reach	past	Vertigo	the topmost step					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent step=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 · ← Mova's choice

threw a stone at his head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stone	det
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 threw	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 head	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past		a stone		his head			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at head=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

blew poisonous vapor in his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 vapor	amod
3	vapor	vapor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 blew	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 face	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 face	nmod:poss
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 blew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past		poisonous vapor				in his face	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent vapor=Patient in face=Topic

Option 3

shouted at him from above

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 shouted	obl
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 above	case
5	above	above	ADV	_	1 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	participle						at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

laughed at him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past						at him = he	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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