Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and…

Identify the event which concludes the present passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, event · What happens: identify, conclude · To what, where: event, present passage

This is exam question 4 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 event	det
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 concludes	nsubj
5	concludes	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 event	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 passage	det
7	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 passage	amod
8	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concludes	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the event					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme
2	conclude	present	the event	the present passage					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=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

The boat breaks loose from the little island and drifts away into the evening mist over the lake

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boat	det
2	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaks	nsubj
3	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	loose	loose	ADV	_	3 breaks	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 island	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 island	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 island	amod
8	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaks	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drifts	cc
10	drifts	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 breaks	conj
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 drifts	advmod
12	into	into	ADP	_	15 mist	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mist	det
14	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mist	compound
15	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drifts	obl
16	over	over	ADP	_	18 lake	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lake	det
18	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drifts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	the boat					from the little island; loose property	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from island=Co-Patient
2	drift away	present	the boat not said here			the evening mist		over the lake; away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into mist=Source over lake=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The boat breaks loose and drifts away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boat	det
2	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaks	nsubj
3	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 breaks	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 drifts	cc
6	drifts	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 breaks	conj
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 drifts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	the boat					loose property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	drift away	present	the boat not said here					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The boat breaks loose from the post and drifts slowly away across the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boat	det
2	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaks	nsubj
3	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	loose	loose	ADV	_	3 breaks	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 post	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 post	det
7	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaks	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drifts	cc
9	drifts	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 breaks	conj
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	11 away	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	9 drifts	advmod
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 lake	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lake	det
14	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drifts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	the boat					from the post; loose property	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from post=Co-Patient
2	drift	present	the boat not said here			the lake		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across lake=Trajectory

Option 4

The couple goes back to the old inn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 couple	det
2	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 goes	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 inn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 inn	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 inn	amod
8	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	present	the couple					to the old inn result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to inn=Result

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