Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 85: the…

Ascertain the cause for which the flowers, collectively, did intercede upon the behalf of the lawyer as narrated.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, intercede, narrate · To what, where: cause

This is exam question 3 of lesson 874 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 85: the flowers dance at night while Sophy the doll gives up her bed» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cause	det
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 flowers	det
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flowers	det
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cause	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 collectively	punct
9	collectively	collectively	ADV	_	1 Ascertain	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 intercede	punct
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 intercede	aux
12	intercede	intercede	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	conj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 behalf	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 behalf	det
15	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 intercede	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 lawyer	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lawyer	det
18	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 behalf	nmod
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 narrated	mark
20	narrated	narrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 intercede	advcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the cause which flowers	collectively property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic
2	intercede	past · do-support	you not said here		upon the behalf of the lawyer	tree rules
3	narrate speech: other	participle	you not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 rough doll mocked his hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doll	det
2	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 doll	amod
3	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mocked	nsubj
4	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hat	nmod:poss
6	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mocked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	past	the rough doll	his hat					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the other flowers interceded for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flowers	det
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flowers	amod
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 interceded	nsubj
4	interceded	intercede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 interceded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intercede	past	the other flowers					for him = he	tree rules

Option 3

the paper dolls struck his legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dolls	det
2	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dolls	compound
3	dolls	doll	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 struck	nsubj
4	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 legs	nmod:poss
6	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 struck	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the paper dolls	his legs					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient

Option 4

they begged for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	they					for him = he	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for he=Topic

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