Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 73: Rudy clim…

Indicate the sentiment expressed by Babette toward Rudy at the close of the passage, as recorded in the narration.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: indicate, express, record · To what, where: sentiment, close, narration

This is exam question 4 of lesson 862 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 73: Rudy climbs the mountain, meets the Ice Maiden, and loses his ring» 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	Indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sentiment	det
3	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indicate	obj
4	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sentiment	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Babette	case
6	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 expressed	obl
7	toward	toward	ADP	_	8 Rudy	case
8	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 expressed	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 close	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 close	det
11	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expressed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 passage	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 passage	det
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 close	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 recorded	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 recorded	mark
17	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Indicate	parataxis
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 narration	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 narration	det
20	narration	narration	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 recorded	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Indicate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	indicate	imperative	you not said here	the sentiment			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sentiment=Topic
2	express	participle		the sentiment not said here	the close of the passage	by Babette; toward Rudy	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	record	participle			the narration		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narration=Destination

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 hates him for leaving her alone at home

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 hates	nsubj
2	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hates	obj
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 leaving	mark
5	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hates	advcl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leaving	obj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 leaving	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 home	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	She	him = he					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	leave	gerund	She not said here	her = she		home		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme at home=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She weeps bitterly and wishes Rudy would come back to her at the mill with the ring and the wine

The tree, 20 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 weeps	nsubj
2	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bitterly	bitterly	ADV	_	2 weeps	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wishes	cc
5	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 weeps	conj
6	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 come	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 come	aux
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wishes	ccomp
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 come	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 come	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 mill	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mill	det
14	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	obl
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 ring	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ring	det
17	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 wine	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wine	det
20	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ring	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	weep	present	She			bitterly property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wish	present	She not said here				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	come back	would	Rudy	her = she	the mill	with the ring and the wine	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She weeps and still loves him with her whole heart

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 weeps	nsubj
2	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 loves	cc
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 loves	advmod
5	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 weeps	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 loves	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 heart	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 heart	nmod:poss
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 heart	amod
10	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	present	She						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	love	present	She not said here	him = he			still	with her whole heart	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4

She is angry but still cares for him deeply

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	3 angry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 cares	cc
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 cares	advmod
6	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cares	obl
9	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	6 cares	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					angry property	tree rules
2	care	present	She not said here				still	for him = he; deeply property	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme

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