Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter: Helga i…

What was the principal reason given by the priest for the delay before Helga might receive Christian baptism?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Helga · What happens: be, give, receive · To what, where: principal reason, Christian baptism

This is exam question 3 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 reason	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 reason	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 priest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 priest	det
9	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 delay	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 delay	det
12	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 receive	mark
14	Helga	Helga	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 receive	nsubj
15	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 receive	aux
16	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 given	advcl
17	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 baptism	amod
18	baptism	baptism	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 receive	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal reason		tree rules
2	give	participle		the principal reason not said here	by the priest; for the delay	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for delay=Asset
3	receive	might	Helga	Christian baptism		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baptism=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 · ✓ the right answer

She had first to bring forth from the depths of the moorland the living author of her being

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 had	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
6	forth	forth	ADV	_	5 bring	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 depths	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 depths	det
9	depths	depth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bring	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 moorland	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 moorland	det
12	moorland	moorland	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 depths	nmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 author	det
14	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 author	amod
15	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 author	conj
18	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 author	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She					first property	tree rules
2	bring	to-infinitive	She not said here	the living author		the depths of the moorland		forth property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent author=Theme from depth=Initial_Location

Option 2

She had first to bring forth from the depths of the moorland the living author of her being, who lay hidden in the marsh.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 had	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
6	forth	forth	ADV	_	5 bring	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 depths	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 depths	det
9	depths	depth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bring	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 moorland	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 moorland	det
12	moorland	moorland	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 depths	nmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 author	det
14	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 author	amod
15	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obl
16	of	of	SCONJ	_	21 lay	mark
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 lay	nmod:poss
18	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 lay	cop
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 lay	punct
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 lay	nsubj
21	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 author	advcl
22	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 lay	xcomp
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 marsh	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 marsh	det
25	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 hidden	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	She			first property	tree rules
2	bring	to-infinitive	She not said here	the living author	the depths of the moorland	forth property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from depth=Initial_Location
3	is	gerund	the living author			lie property	tree rules
4	hide	participle	the living author not said here		the marsh		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in marsh=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She first had to fetch her mother from the bog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 had	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 had	advmod
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fetch	mark
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 bog	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bog	det
10	bog	bog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She					first property	tree rules
2	fetch	to-infinitive	She not said here	her mother		the bog			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent mother=Theme from bog=Source

Option 4

She had first to pray for seven nights in the old chapel of the moor.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 had	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pray	mark
5	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 nights	case
7	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 nights	nummod
8	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pray	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 chapel	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 chapel	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 chapel	amod
12	chapel	chapel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pray	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 moor	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 moor	det
15	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chapel	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She					first property	tree rules
2	pray	to-infinitive	She not said here			the old chapel of the moor	night		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/894-pg27200-part105/e3/