Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and…

Identify the person who requested that the nuptials be solemnised at Montreux.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, person · What happens: identify, request, solemnis · To what, where: person, nuptials, Montreux

This is exam question 2 of lesson 863 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and Babette near their wedding, then their boat drifts away» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 requested	nsubj
5	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 person	acl:relcl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 solemnised	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nuptials	det
8	nuptials	nuptial	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 solemnised	nsubj:pass
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 solemnised	aux:pass
10	solemnised	solemnis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 requested	ccomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 Montreux	case
12	Montreux	Montreux	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 solemnised	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the person		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	request	past	the person			vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	solemnis	infinitive · passive		the nuptials	Montreux	tree rules

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

Babette's godmother, who had written a letter asking for the wedding to be held there

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 godmother	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Babette	case
3	godmother	godmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 written	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 written	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 written	aux
7	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 godmother	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 letter	det
9	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 written	obj
10	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 letter	acl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 wedding	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wedding	det
13	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asking	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	16 held	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 held	aux:pass
16	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 asking	advcl
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 held	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	write	past · perfect · passive		Babette's godmother			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient letter=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	a letter not said here			for the wedding	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hold	to-infinitive · passive	a letter not said here		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Babette's old teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 teacher	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Babette	case
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teacher	amod
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

Babette's godmother, the kind old lady who had raised her in the valley

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 godmother	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Babette	case
3	godmother	godmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lady	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lady	det
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lady	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lady	amod
8	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 godmother	appos
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 raised	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 raised	aux
11	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 lady	acl:relcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 raised	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 valley	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 valley	det
15	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 raised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past · perfect · passive		the kind old lady		the valley			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme she=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Babette's godmother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 godmother	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Babette	case
3	godmother	godmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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