Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…

Which of the following describes the reason the storks remained in Egypt?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: storks · What happens: follow, describe, remain · To what, where: reason, Egypt

This is exam question 3 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 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 storks	det
9	storks	stork	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 remained	nsubj
10	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reason	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Egypt	case
12	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 remained	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	remain	past	the storks	the reason not said here	Egypt	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reason=Attribute

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

Their father decided the desert was safer for them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 decided	nsubj
3	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 desert	det
5	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 safer	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 safer	cop
7	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 decided	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 safer	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 decided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past	Their father						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is not said to happen	past	the desert					for them = they; safe property	tree rules

Option 2

Their mother judged that the frogs and locusts in Egypt were the best food available for the young ones.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mother	nmod:poss
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 judged	nsubj
3	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 food	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 frogs	det
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 food	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 locusts	cc
8	locusts	locust	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 frogs	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Egypt	case
10	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 frogs	nmod
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 food	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 food	det
13	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 food	amod
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 judged	obj
15	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 food	amod
16	for	for	ADP	_	19 ones	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ones	det
18	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 ones	amod
19	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 available	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 judged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past	Their mother						vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the frogs in Egypt and locusts	the best food					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Their mother judged that the frogs and locusts there were the best food available.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mother	nmod:poss
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 judged	nsubj
3	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 food	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 frogs	det
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 food	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 locusts	cc
8	locusts	locust	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 frogs	conj
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 frogs	expl
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 food	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 food	det
12	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 food	amod
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 judged	obj
14	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 food	amod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 judged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past	Their mother						vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the frogs and locusts	the best food					tree rules

Option 4

Their mother thought the Nile was full of food and decided the young storks should stay there for the winter months.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mother	nmod:poss
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Nile	det
5	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 full	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 full	cop
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thought	ccomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 food	case
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 decided	cc
11	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thought	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 storks	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 storks	amod
14	storks	stork	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 stay	nsubj
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 stay	aux
16	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 decided	ccomp
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 stay	advmod
18	for	for	ADP	_	21 months	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 months	det
20	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 months	compound
21	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 stay	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	Their mother				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the Nile			of food; full property	tree rules
3	decide	past	Their mother not said here				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	stay	should	the young storks	there	month		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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