Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…

Which of the following describes the motive of the wife for concealing the child from her husband?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: motive · What happens: follow, describe, conceal · To what, where: motive, child

This is exam question 1 of lesson 889 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 100: the storks fly south, the Viking feasts and sails away again» 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 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 motive	det
7	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 wife	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wife	det
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 motive	nmod
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 concealing	mark
12	concealing	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 motive	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concealing	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 husband	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 husband	nmod:poss
17	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concealing	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the motive of the wife		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent motive=Theme
3	conceal	gerund	the motive of the wife not said here	the child	from child's husband	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent child=Patient from husband=Beneficiary

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

The wife hoped the Viking would forget the child in the hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wife	det
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hoped	nsubj
3	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Viking	det
5	Viking	viking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forget	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 forget	aux
7	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hoped	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forget	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 hall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hall	det
12	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forget	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hoped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	past	the wife						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	forget	would	the Viking	the child		the hall			tree rules

Option 2

The wife feared the Viking would take the child to the coast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wife	det
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feared	nsubj
3	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Viking	det
5	Viking	viking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 take	aux
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 feared	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 coast	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 coast	det
12	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	the wife						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	take	would	the Viking	the child		the coast			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme to coast=Destination

Option 3

The wife feared the child was sick.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wife	det
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feared	nsubj
3	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sick	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sick	cop
7	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feared	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	the wife						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	the child					sick property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The wife feared that the Viking would expose the child in the public highway.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wife	det
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feared	nsubj
3	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 expose	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Viking	det
6	Viking	viking	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expose	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 expose	aux
8	expose	expose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 feared	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expose	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 highway	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 highway	det
13	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 highway	amod
14	highway	highway	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expose	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	the wife						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	expose	would	the Viking	the child		the public highway			vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot child=Topic

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