Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter: Helga i…

What did the mother state had been the purpose of the green band that fastened the bird to her heart?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mother state, green band · What happens: do, be, fasten · To what, where: purpose, bird

This is exam question 4 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	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 state	det
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 state	compound
5	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 purpose	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 purpose	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 purpose	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purpose	det
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 band	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 band	det
12	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 band	amod
13	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 purpose	nmod
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 fastened	nsubj
15	fastened	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 band	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bird	det
17	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fastened	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 heart	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 heart	nmod:poss
20	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fastened	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past · perfect	the mother state	the purpose	of the green band	tree rules
3	fasten	past	the green band	the bird	to bird's heart	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient to heart=Co-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

It kept the bird fastened to her until she freed it to return to its father, and it had been woven by the bird's own mother long ago in Egypt.

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fastened	nsubj
5	fastened	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fastened	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 freed	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 freed	nsubj
10	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fastened	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 freed	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 return	mark
13	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 freed	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 father	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 father	nmod:poss
16	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 return	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 woven	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 woven	cc
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 woven	nsubj:pass
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 woven	aux
21	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 woven	aux:pass
22	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 kept	conj
23	by	by	ADP	_	28 mother	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 bird	det
25	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 mother	nmod:poss
26	's	's	PART	_	25 bird	case
27	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 mother	amod
28	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 woven	obl
29	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	30 ago	advmod
30	ago	ago	ADV	_	22 woven	advmod
31	in	in	ADP	_	32 Egypt	case
32	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 woven	obl
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	past	It					tree rules
2	fasten	past	the bird		her = she			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to she=Co-Patient
3	free	past	bird	it				vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer it=Source
4	return	to-infinitive	bird not said here				to its father result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result
5	weave	past · perfect · passive	the bird's own mother	it		Egypt	ago property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product

Option 2

It kept the bird fastened to her heart until she freed it so that it could return at last to its father in the far south.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fastened	nsubj
5	fastened	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 heart	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heart	nmod:poss
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fastened	obl
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 freed	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 freed	nsubj
11	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fastened	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 freed	obj
13	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	17 return	mark
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 so	fixed
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 return	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 return	aux
17	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 freed	advcl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 last	case
19	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 return	obl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 father	case
21	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 father	nmod:poss
22	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 return	obl
23	in	in	ADP	_	26 south	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 south	det
25	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 south	amod
26	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 return	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	past	It				tree rules
2	fasten	past	the bird			to bird's heart	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to heart=Co-Patient
3	free	past	bird	heart			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer it=Source
4	return	could	heart		last	to heart's father result; in the far south	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It kept the bird fastened to her until she freed it to return to its father

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fastened	nsubj
5	fastened	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fastened	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 freed	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 freed	nsubj
10	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 freed	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 return	mark
13	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 freed	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 father	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 father	nmod:poss
16	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	keep	past	It				tree rules
2	fasten	past	the bird		her = she		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to she=Co-Patient
3	free	past	bird	it			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer it=Source
4	return	to-infinitive	bird not said here			to its father result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result

Option 4

It was tied to keep the bird from flying off to the marsh alone.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tied	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tied	aux:pass
3	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tied	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bird	det
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	from	from	SCONJ	_	9 flying	mark
9	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 keep	advcl
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 flying	compound:prt
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 marsh	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 marsh	det
13	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flying	obl
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 flying	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tie	past · passive	It		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	keep	to-infinitive	the bird		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
3	fly off	gerund		to the marsh result; alone property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to marsh=Result

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