Exam question 3 · pg27200, The Ice Maiden: Rudy dives after his ring, is cla…

In what manner did Babette interpret the lightning that flashed across the lake during the storm?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Babette, lightning · What happens: interpret, flash · To what, where: lightning, manner, lake

This is exam question 3 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 interpret	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 interpret	aux
5	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 interpret	nsubj
6	interpret	interpret	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lightning	det
8	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 interpret	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 flashed	nsubj
10	flashed	flash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lightning	acl:relcl
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 lake	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lake	det
13	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flashed	obl
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 storm	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 storm	det
16	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flashed	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 interpret	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interpret	past · do-support	Babette	the lightning		what manner			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lightning=Theme
2	flash	past	the lightning			the lake	during the storm		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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

As a signal that the miller was coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 signal	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 signal	det
3	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 coming	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 miller	det
6	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 coming	aux
8	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 signal	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past · progressive	a signal						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

As proof that Rudy had been returned safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	2 proof	case
2	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 returned	mark
4	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 returned	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 returned	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 returned	aux:pass
7	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 proof	acl
8	safely	safely	ADV	_	7 returned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past · perfect · passive		Rudy				safely property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

As a sign that the Ice Maiden had taken Rudy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 sign	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sign	det
3	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 taken	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Maiden	det
6	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Maiden	compound
7	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 taken	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 taken	aux
9	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sign	acl:relcl
10	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 taken	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · perfect · passive	a sign not said here	the Ice Maiden					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme rudy=Destination

Option 4

As a sign that the Ice Maiden had taken Rudy down into the depths forever, and that God had turned away from her

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 sign	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sign	det
3	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 taken	obl
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 taken	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Maiden	det
6	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Maiden	compound
7	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 taken	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 taken	aux
9	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 taken	obj
11	down	down	ADV	_	9 taken	advmod
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 depths	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 depths	det
14	depths	depth	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 taken	obl
15	forever	forever	ADV	_	9 taken	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 turned	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 turned	cc
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 turned	mark
19	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 turned	nsubj
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 turned	aux
21	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 taken	conj
22	away	away	ADV	_	21 turned	advmod
23	from	from	ADP	_	24 her	case
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take down	past · perfect · passive		the Ice Maiden		the depths		as a sign; down, forever property	tree rules
2	turn away	past · perfect	God					from Rudy; away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from she=Source

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