Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid: the mermaid re…

Which of the following statements regarding the prince's knowledge of the mermaid's sacrifice is most consistent with the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: following statements, mermaid · What happens: follow, regard, be, sacrifice

This is exam question 3 of lesson 881 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid: the mermaid refuses the knife and rises among the daughters of the air» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 statements	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 knowledge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knowledge	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 prince	case
10	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consistent	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 sacrifice	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mermaid	det
13	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sacrifice	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 mermaid	case
15	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knowledge	nmod
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 consistent	cop
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 consistent	advmod
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 statements	acl:relcl
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 narrative	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 narrative	det
21	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consistent	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 statements	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	the following statements not said here	regard the prince's knowledge of the mermaid's sacrifice; with the narrative; consistent property	tree rules
4	sacrifice		the mermaid		nom sacrifice «act transitive»: poss=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 right answer

He remains wholly ignorant of the sacrifice that the mermaid has made for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	4 ignorant	advmod
4	ignorant	ignorant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sacrifice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sacrifice	det
7	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ignorant	nmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 made	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mermaid	det
10	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remains	advcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	He	ignorant of the sacrifice					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ignorant=Attribute
2	make	present · perfect · passive		the mermaid				for him = he	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for he=Beneficiary

Option 2

He remains entirely ignorant of the sacrifice that the mermaid made, though he dreams of her every night

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 ignorant	advmod
4	ignorant	ignorant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remains	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sacrifice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sacrifice	det
7	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ignorant	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 made	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mermaid	det
10	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	nsubj
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sacrifice	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 dreams	punct
13	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 dreams	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 dreams	nsubj
15	dreams	dream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 remains	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 night	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 night	nmod:poss
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 night	det
19	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dreams	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	He			ignorant property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	past	the mermaid	the sacrifice not said here			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Product
3	dream	present	mermaid		night		vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He remains partly aware of the sacrifice made by her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	partly	partly	ADV	_	4 aware	advmod
4	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remains	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sacrifice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sacrifice	det
7	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 aware	obl
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sacrifice	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	He					aware property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	participle		the sacrifice not said here				by her = she	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4

He remains wholly ignorant of the sacrifice that the mermaid has made for him throughout the wedding

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	4 ignorant	advmod
4	ignorant	ignorant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sacrifice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sacrifice	det
7	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ignorant	nmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 made	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mermaid	det
10	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remains	advcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 made	obl
15	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	17 wedding	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wedding	det
17	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	He	ignorant of the sacrifice					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ignorant=Attribute
2	make	present · perfect · passive		the mermaid			throughout the wedding	for him = he	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for he=Beneficiary

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