Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter: Helga i…

What did the mother describe as the hieroglyphic figures that appeared within the clefts of the elder trunk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mother, hieroglyphic figures · What happens: describe, appear

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 describe	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 describe	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mother	det
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describe	nsubj
5	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 figures	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 figures	det
8	hieroglyphic	hieroglyphic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 figures	amod
9	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 describe	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 appeared	nsubj
11	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 figures	acl:relcl
12	within	within	ADP	_	14 clefts	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 clefts	det
14	clefts	cleft	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 appeared	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 trunk	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 trunk	det
17	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 trunk	amod
18	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 clefts	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past · do-support	the mother					as the hieroglyphic figures	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme as figure=Attribute
2	appear	past	the hieroglyphic figures					within the clefts of the elder trunk	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

They were formed of the mummy case, and took the appearance of hieroglyphics

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 formed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	aux:pass
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 case	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 case	det
6	mummy	mummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 case	compound
7	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 took	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 took	cc
10	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 appearance	det
12	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 took	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 hieroglyphics	case
14	hieroglyphics	hieroglyphic	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 appearance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past · passive		They				of the mummy case	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	take	past		the appearance of hieroglyphics					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme

Option 2

They were carved in stone by the priests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carved	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carved	aux:pass
3	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 stone	case
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carved	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 priests	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 priests	det
8	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carved	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	past · passive	the priests	They		stone			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in stone=Destination

Option 3

They were the marks left by the frog king's claws.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 marks	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 marks	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 marks	det
4	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 marks	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	11 claws	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
8	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 king	compound
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 claws	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 king	case
11	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 left	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 marks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	the marks					tree rules
2	leave	participle		the marks not said here				by the frog king's claws	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by claw=Location

Option 4

They were carvings of the stork's flight across the sky in the spring.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carvings	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carvings	cop
3	carvings	carving	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 flight	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stork	det
6	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flight	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 stork	case
8	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carvings	nmod
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 sky	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sky	det
11	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flight	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 spring	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 spring	det
14	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sky	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carvings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	carvings				of the stork's flight across the sky in the spring	tree rules

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