Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous…

With what emotion does the narrator describe Rudy's walk along the snowy path?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator, Rudy · What happens: describe, walk · To what, where: walk

This is exam question 3 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	With	with	ADP	_	3 emotion	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 emotion	det
3	emotion	emotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 describe	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	nsubj
7	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 walk	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Rudy	case
10	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obj
11	along	along	ADP	_	14 path	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 path	det
13	snowy	snowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 path	amod
14	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · do-support	the narrator	Rudy's walk				with what emotion; along the snowy path	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent walk=Theme
2	walk		Rudy						nom walk «act transitive»: 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

Hopeful and eager, marching quickly toward the mill through the moonlit valley and the deep snow drifts

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hopeful	hopeful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 marching	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 eager	cc
3	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hopeful	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 marching	punct
5	marching	march	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 marching	advmod
7	toward	toward	ADP	_	9 mill	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mill	det
9	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 marching	obl
10	through	through	ADP	_	13 valley	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 valley	det
12	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 valley	amod
13	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 marching	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 drifts	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 drifts	det
16	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 drifts	amod
17	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 drifts	compound
18	drifts	drift	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 valley	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	march	gerund	Hopeful			the moonlit valley and the deep snow drifts		toward the mill; quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward mill=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cold and sorrowful, amidst the Ice Maiden's realm, with his heart heavy and his feet numb in the snow

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 realm	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 sorrowful	cc
3	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cold	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 realm	punct
5	amidst	amidst	ADP	_	10 realm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Maiden	det
7	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Maiden	compound
8	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 realm	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Maiden	case
10	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 heart	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 heart	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 heart	nmod:poss
14	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 realm	appos
15	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 heart	amod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 numb	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 feet	nmod:poss
18	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 numb	nsubj
19	numb	numb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 heavy	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 snow	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 snow	det
22	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 realm	nmod

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

Option 3

Lonely and sad through the frozen pines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 sad	cc
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Lonely	conj
4	through	through	ADP	_	7 pines	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pines	det
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 pines	amod
7	pines	pine	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lonely	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Cold and sorrowful, amidst the Ice Maiden's realm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 sorrowful	cc
3	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cold	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 realm	punct
5	amidst	amidst	ADP	_	10 realm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Maiden	det
7	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Maiden	compound
8	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 realm	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Maiden	case
10	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cold	conj

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

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