Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon sh…
What did the mother of the Frankfort family believe concerning her dwelling?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother · What happens: do, believe, concern · To what, where: dwelling
This is exam question 3 of lesson 907 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon shows a guilty girl, a boy at a spinning wheel, a mother's belief, and a chimney sweep's first sunrise» 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 | 4 mother | det |
| 4 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 believe | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 family | det |
| 7 | Frankfort | Frankfort | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 family | compound |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mother | nmod |
| 9 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 10 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 believe | xcomp |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 dwelling | nmod:poss |
| 12 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 concerning | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | believe | present | the mother of the Frankfort family | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the mother of the Frankfort family not said here | mother's dwelling | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dwelling=Experiencer |
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
that fortune would desert her children if she sold it and moved away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 fortune | det |
| 2 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 desert | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 desert | aux |
| 4 | desert | desert | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 desert | obj |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 desert | obj |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 sold | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sold | nsubj |
| 9 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 desert | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sold | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 moved | cc |
| 12 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 sold | conj |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 12 moved | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | desert | would | that fortune | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sell a condition, not said to happen | past | fortune | it | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | move away | past | fortune not said here | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
that her children would be lucky if she stayed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 lucky | mark |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 children | nmod:poss |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lucky | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 lucky | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 lucky | cop |
| 6 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 stayed | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stayed | nsubj |
| 9 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lucky | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | her children | lucky property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay a condition, not said to happen | past | she | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
that fortune would desert her children if she abandoned it and moved to the city
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 fortune | det |
| 2 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 desert | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 desert | aux |
| 4 | desert | desert | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 desert | obj |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 desert | obj |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 abandoned | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 abandoned | nsubj |
| 9 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 desert | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 abandoned | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 moved | cc |
| 12 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 abandoned | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 city | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 city | det |
| 15 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | desert | would | that fortune | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | abandon a condition, not said to happen | past | fortune | it | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme it=Source | ||||
| 3 | move | past | fortune not said here | the city | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to city=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
that fortune would desert her children if she abandoned it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 fortune | det |
| 2 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 desert | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 desert | aux |
| 4 | desert | desert | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 desert | obj |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 desert | obj |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 abandoned | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 abandoned | nsubj |
| 9 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 desert | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 abandoned | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | desert | would | that fortune | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | abandon a condition, not said to happen | past | fortune | it | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme it=Source |
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