Exam question 2 · pg27200, The Ice Maiden: Rudy dives after his ring, is cla…

What was the nature of the Ice Maiden's address to Rudy following her kiss upon his feet?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nature, address, Ice Maiden, Rudy · What happens: be, follow, address, kiss · To what, where: kiss, feet

This is exam question 2 of lesson 864 «pg27200, The Ice Maiden: Rudy dives after his ring, is claimed by the Ice Maiden, and Babette waits out the storm» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nature	det
4	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 address	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 address	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Maiden	case
10	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nature	nmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 Rudy	case
12	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 address	nmod
13	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 address	acl
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 kiss	nmod:poss
15	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 following	obj
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 feet	case
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	15 kiss	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the nature of the Ice Maiden's address to Rudy				tree rules
2	follow	gerund	the Ice Maiden's address to Rudy not said here	Rudy's kiss	his feet		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent kiss=Theme upon foot=Trajectory
3	address		the Ice Maiden			to Rudy	nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl
4	kiss		Rudy			upon his feet	nom kiss «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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

She sang to him

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 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	She		him = he				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient

Option 2

She laughed at him

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	She					at him = he	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She declared that he was wholly hers

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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 wholly	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wholly	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wholly	cop
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	2 declared	advmod
7	hers	her	PRON	Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wholly	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	She						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he					wholly property	tree rules

Option 4

She warned that he would never leave

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 warned	nsubj
2	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 leave	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 leave	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 leave	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 leave	advmod
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 warned	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past	She						vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not leave	would	he						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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