Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter: Helga i…

In what manner did the stork-papa remark upon the fortunate timing of the mother and daughter's arrival that night?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: daughter · What happens: do, arrive · To what, where: papa remark, manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 894 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter: Helga is freed and finds her mother» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 remark	det
6	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 papa	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 stork	punct
8	papa	papa	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remark	compound
9	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 timing	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 timing	det
12	fortunate	fortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 timing	amod
13	timing	timing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remark	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 mother	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mother	det
16	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 timing	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 arrival	cc
18	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 arrival	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 daughter	case
20	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 timing	conj
21	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 night	det
22	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl:unmarked
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the papa remark		what manner	night	upon the fortunate timing of the mother and daughter's arrival	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Eventuality
2	arrive		daughter						nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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

He called their arrival a fortunate chance.

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 arrival	nmod:poss
4	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chance	det
6	fortunate	fortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chance	amod
7	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He	their arrival					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent arrival=Recipient
2	arrive		their = they						nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He observed that their coming was fortunate, for the flock would have departed on the following morning

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 observed	nsubj
2	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 fortunate	mark
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fortunate	nmod:poss
5	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 fortunate	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fortunate	cop
7	fortunate	fortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 observed	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 departed	punct
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 departed	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 flock	det
11	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 departed	nsubj:pass
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 departed	aux
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 departed	aux
14	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 observed	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	18 morning	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 morning	det
17	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 morning	amod
18	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 departed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	observe	past	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	come	gerund					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past				fortunate property	tree rules
4	depart	would · perfect · passive		the flock	morning		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location
5	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He noted their arrival was blessed, as the storks would have flown away at the next dawn.

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 noted	nsubj
2	noted	note	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 arrival	nmod:poss
4	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blessed	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 blessed	cop
6	blessed	blessed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 noted	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 flown	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 flown	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 storks	det
10	storks	stork	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 flown	nsubj:pass
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 flown	aux
12	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 flown	aux
13	flown	fly	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 blessed	advcl
14	away	away	ADV	_	13 flown	advmod
15	at	at	ADP	_	18 dawn	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dawn	det
17	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 dawn	amod
18	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flown	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 noted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	note	past	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	their arrival			blessed property	tree rules
3	fly away	would · perfect · passive		the storks	dawn	away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
4	arrive		their = they				nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He thought their timing was unlucky, because the flock had already left the marsh that morning.

The tree, 16 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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 timing	nmod:poss
4	timing	timing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unlucky	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 unlucky	cop
6	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 left	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 left	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flock	det
10	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 left	aux
12	already	already	ADV	_	13 left	advmod
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thought	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 marsh	det
15	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obj
16	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 morning	det
17	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obl:unmarked
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	their timing			unlucky property	tree rules
3	leave	past · perfect · passive		the flock	morning		vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme marsh=Attribute

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