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

With reference to the passage, identify the phrase by which the wise men summarised the means of curing the sick man.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wise men, the · What happens: identify, summarise, mean, cure · To what, where: phrase, sick man

This is exam question 4 of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 phrase	det
9	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obj
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 summarised	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 men	det
13	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 men	amod
14	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 summarised	nsubj
15	summarised	summarise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 phrase	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 means	nsubj
17	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 summarised	ccomp
18	of	of	SCONJ	_	19 curing	mark
19	curing	cure	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 means	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 man	det
21	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 man	amod
22	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 curing	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the phrase	with reference to the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent phrase=Theme
2	summarise	past	the wise men		by the phrase	tree rules
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	cure	gerund	the not said here	the sick man		vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer man=Source

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

Blood is a life-giver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 giver	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 giver	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 giver	det
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 giver	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 life	punct
6	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Blood	a life giver					tree rules

Option 2

Love heals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heals	nsubj
2	heals	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	present	Love						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Love is life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 life	compound
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 life	cop
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Love life					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Love is a life-giver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 giver	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 giver	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 giver	det
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 giver	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 life	punct
6	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Love	a life giver					tree rules

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