Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

State the function of the elder-blossom given by the little girl to the boy at the parting.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, give · To what, where: function, elder blossom, parting

This is exam question 2 of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 blossom	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blossom	det
6	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blossom	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 elder	punct
8	blossom	blossom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 blossom	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 girl	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 girl	det
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 girl	amod
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	obl:agent
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 boy	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 boy	det
16	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	obl:agent
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 parting	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 parting	det
19	parting	parting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the function of the elder blossom					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent function=Topic
2	give	participle		the elder blossom not said here		the parting			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent at parting=Asset

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 right answer

It serves as a keepsake of the parting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 keepsake	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 keepsake	det
5	keepsake	keepsake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 parting	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parting	det
8	parting	parting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keepsake	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It					as a keepsake of the parting	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as keepsake=Attribute

Option 2

It marks the start of a long journey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 marks	nsubj
2	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 start	det
4	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marks	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 journey	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 journey	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 journey	amod
8	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 start	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	present	It	the start of a long journey					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent start=Destination
2	start			a long journey					nom start «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A parting gift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gift	det
2	parting	parting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gift	compound
3	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

It is a token of their friendship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 token	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 token	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 token	det
4	token	token	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 friendship	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friendship	nmod:poss
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 token	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a token				of their friendship	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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