Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…

Which of the following describes the condition of the child during the day and at night?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, condition · To what, where: condition, child

This is exam question 4 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 condition	det
7	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 child	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 condition	nmod
11	during	during	ADP	_	13 day	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 night	cc
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 night	case
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 day	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the condition of the child	day	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	condition		the child		nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient

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

By day it was a quiet child, and by night it was a wicked frog.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 day	case
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 child	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 child	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 child	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 frog	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 frog	cc
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 frog	obl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 frog	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 frog	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 frog	det
15	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 frog	amod
16	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 child	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 child	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a quiet child and a wicked frog			day		tree rules
2	is a	past	it	a wicked frog			night		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By day it was a charming and wicked child who bit and fought, and by night it was a quiet frog with sorrowful eyes.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 day	case
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 charming	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 charming	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 charming	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 charming	det
6	charming	charming	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 child	cc
8	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 charming	conj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 bit	nsubj
11	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 child	acl:relcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 fought	cc
13	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 bit	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 frog	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 frog	cc
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 night	case
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 frog	obl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 frog	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 frog	cop
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 frog	det
21	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 frog	amod
22	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 charming	conj
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 eyes	case
24	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 eyes	amod
25	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 frog	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 charming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a charming and wicked child and a quiet frog	day		tree rules
2	bite	past	wicked child				vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	fight	past	wicked child not said here				vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	child	a quiet frog	night	with sorrowful eyes	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By day it was charming and wicked, and by night it was a quiet frog with sorrowful eyes.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 day	case
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 charming	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 charming	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 charming	aux
5	charming	charm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wicked	cc
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 charming	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 frog	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 frog	cc
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 frog	obl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 frog	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 frog	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 frog	det
15	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 frog	amod
16	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 charming	obl
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 eyes	case
18	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 eyes	amod
19	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 frog	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 charming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charm	past · progressive	it				day		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a	past	it	a quiet frog			night	with sorrowful eyes	tree rules

Option 4

By day it was a frog, and by night a charming child with sad eyes.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 day	case
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 frog	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 frog	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 frog	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 frog	det
6	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 child	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 child	cc
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 child	obl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
12	charming	charming	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 child	compound
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 frog	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 eyes	case
15	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 eyes	amod
16	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 child	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 frog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a frog and a charming child with sad eyes			day		tree rules

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