Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous…

In what manner does Babette respond to the imitation of an owl beneath her window?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Babette · What happens: respond, imitate · To what, where: manner, owl

This is exam question 2 of lesson 861 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous of the Englishman, Babette sends him away, and Rudy walks home alone over the mountains» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respond	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 respond	aux
5	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 respond	nsubj
6	respond	respond	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 imitation	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 imitation	det
9	imitation	imitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respond	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 owl	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 owl	det
12	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 imitation	nmod
13	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	15 window	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 window	nmod:poss
15	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respond	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 respond	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respond speech: other	present · do-support	Babette			what manner		to the imitation of a owl; beneath Babette's window	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to imitation=Theme
2	imitate			a owl					nom imitation «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

She blows out the lamp and closes the window in silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blows	nsubj
2	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 blows	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lamp	det
5	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blows	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 closes	cc
7	closes	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 blows	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 window	det
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 closes	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 silence	case
11	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 closes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow out	present	She	the lamp					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient
2	close	present	She not said here	the window				in silence	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent window=Patient in silence=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She extinguishes the light, bolts the door downstairs, goes to fetch her father and tells him everything about the Englishman's song

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 extinguishes	nsubj
2	extinguishes	extinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 light	det
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extinguishes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bolts	punct
6	bolts	bolt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 extinguishes	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bolts	obj
9	downstairs	downstairs	ADV	_	6 bolts	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 goes	punct
11	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 extinguishes	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 fetch	mark
13	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 goes	xcomp
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 father	nmod:poss
15	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fetch	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 tells	cc
17	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 extinguishes	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 tells	iobj
19	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 tells	obj
20	about	about	ADP	_	24 song	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Englishman	det
22	Englishman	Englishman	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 song	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 Englishman	case
24	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	extinguish	present	She	the light			vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient
2	bolt	present	She not said here	the door		downstairs property	vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: agent=Agent door=Patient
3	go	present	She not said here				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	fetch	to-infinitive	She not said here	her father			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme
5	tell speech: assert	present	She not said here	everything	him = he	about the Englishman's song	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient everything=Topic
6	sing		the Englishman				nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She extinguishes the light, secures the fastening, refuses to answer and then sits weeping at the table until the morning bell rings

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 extinguishes	nsubj
2	extinguishes	extinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 light	det
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extinguishes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 secures	punct
6	secures	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 extinguishes	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fastening	det
8	fastening	fastening	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 secures	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 refuses	punct
10	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 extinguishes	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 answer	mark
12	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 refuses	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sits	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 sits	advmod
15	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 extinguishes	conj
16	weeping	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 sits	xcomp
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 table	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 table	det
19	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 weeping	obl
20	until	until	ADP	_	24 rings	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 bell	det
22	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bell	compound
23	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 rings	compound
24	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 weeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	extinguish	present	She	the light			vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient
2	secure	present	She not said here	the fastening			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fastening=Theme
3	refuse	present	She not said here				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	She not said here				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	sit	present	She not said here			then	tree rules
6	weep	gerund	She not said here		the table	until bell rings	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She extinguishes the light, secures the fastening and refuses to answer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 extinguishes	nsubj
2	extinguishes	extinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 light	det
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extinguishes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 secures	punct
6	secures	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 extinguishes	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fastening	det
8	fastening	fastening	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 secures	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 refuses	cc
10	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 extinguishes	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 answer	mark
12	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 refuses	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	extinguish	present	She	the light	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient
2	secure	present	She not said here	the fastening	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fastening=Theme
3	refuse	present	She not said here		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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