Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the m…

In what location does the little mermaid pass through the strange forest before reaching the witch's dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: location · What happens: do, pass, reach · To what, where: little mermaid, strange forest, dwelling

This is exam question 2 of lesson 879 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the mermaid sneaks off to the sea witch and pays a terrible price» 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	SCONJ	_	4 does	mark
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pass	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mermaid	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mermaid	amod
7	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	through	through	ADP	_	12 forest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forest	det
11	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 forest	amod
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pass	obl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 reaching	mark
14	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 pass	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 witch	det
16	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dwelling	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 witch	case
18	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reaching	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 pass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present	what location	the little mermaid		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mermaid=Eventuality
2	pass	present			the strange forest	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through forest=Location
3	reach	gerund		the witch's dwelling		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent dwelling=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

Along a sandy shore of shells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Along	along	ADP	_	4 shore	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shore	det
3	sandy	sandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shore	amod
4	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 shells	case
6	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shore	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Across a bubbling bog of warm mire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Across	across	ADP	_	4 bog	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bog	det
3	bubbling	bubble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 bog	amod
4	bog	bog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 mire	case
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mire	amod
7	mire	mire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bog	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bubble	gerund							vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 3

Over a marsh of cold grey water and tangled reeds near the wrecks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Over	over	ADP	_	3 marsh	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 marsh	det
3	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marsh	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 reeds	cc
9	tangled	tangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 reeds	amod
10	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 marsh	conj
11	near	near	ADP	_	13 wrecks	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wrecks	det
13	wrecks	wreck	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 reeds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tangle	participle							tree rules

Option 4

Across the great hall of the sunken palace of the sea king and beyond it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Across	across	ADP	_	4 hall	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hall	det
3	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hall	amod
4	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
7	sunken	sunken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 palace	amod
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hall	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 king	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 king	compound
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 palace	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 it	cc
14	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 palace	conj

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

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