Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous…

Which of the following accurately describes the geography of the episode?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe · To what, where: geography

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 describes	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 geography	det
8	geography	geography	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 episode	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 episode	det
11	episode	episode	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 geography	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the geography of the episode				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent geography=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

They walk around the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 walk	nsubj
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	around	around	ADP	_	5 lake	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lake	det
5	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	They			the lake			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around lake=Trajectory

Option 2

They sail past Montreux and walk back to the mill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sail	nsubj
2	sail	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	past	past	ADP	_	4 Montreux	case
4	Montreux	Montreux	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sail	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 walk	cc
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sail	conj
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 walk	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 mill	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mill	det
10	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	present	They			Montreux			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent past montreux=Trajectory
2	walk back	infinitive	They not said here					to the mill result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mill=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The party sails across the lake past Chillon and walks from Bernex to Montreux

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 party	det
2	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sails	nsubj
3	sails	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 lake	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lake	det
6	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sails	obl
7	past	past	ADP	_	8 Chillon	case
8	Chillon	Chillon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lake	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 walks	cc
10	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sails	conj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 Bernex	case
12	Bernex	Bernex	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 walks	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Montreux	case
14	Montreux	Montreux	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 walks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	present	the party			the lake past Chillon			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across lake=Trajectory
2	walk	present	the party not said here		Montreux	Bernex			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to montreux=Result

Option 4

The steamship stops at the island and then goes home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 steamship	det
2	steamship	steamship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stops	nsubj
3	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 island	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 island	det
6	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stops	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 goes	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 goes	advmod
9	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stops	conj
10	home	home	ADV	_	9 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	the steamship			the island			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at island=Location
2	go	present	the steamship not said here				then	home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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