Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mot…

Which of the following accurately describes the conduct of the young sparrows toward their mother?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, conduct · To what, where: conduct, young sparrows

This is exam question 2 of lesson 910 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mother is pecked to death, and her children burn their own nest» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conduct	det
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 sparrows	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sparrows	det
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sparrows	amod
12	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 conduct	nmod
13	toward	toward	ADP	_	15 mother	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mother	nmod:poss
15	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sparrows	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the conduct of the young sparrows toward sparrows's mother	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
3	conduct		the young sparrows toward sparrows's mother		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=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

They fail to recognise her and refuse her entry to the nest, though she has come home at last

The tree, 19 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	2 fail	nsubj
2	fail	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 recognise	mark
4	recognise	recognise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fail	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 recognise	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 refuse	cc
7	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 recognise	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 entry	nmod:poss
9	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refuse	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 nest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nest	det
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refuse	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 come	punct
14	though	though	SCONJ	_	17 come	mark
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 come	nsubj
16	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 come	aux
17	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 refuse	advcl
18	home	home	ADV	_	17 come	advmod
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 last	case
20	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fail	present	They				vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not recognise	to-infinitive	They not said here	her = she			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3	refuse	infinitive	They not said here	her entry		to the nest	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entry=Theme
4	come	present · perfect	she		last	home property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location
5	enter		her = she				nom entry «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They notice her gold and invite her to the nest for food

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	2 notice	nsubj
2	notice	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 gold	nmod:poss
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 notice	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 invite	cc
6	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 notice	conj
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 invite	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 nest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nest	det
10	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 invite	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 food	case
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	present	They	her gold					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus
2	invite	infinitive	They not said here		her = she			to the nest for food	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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

They fail to recognise her and refuse her entry to the nest

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	2 fail	nsubj
2	fail	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 recognise	mark
4	recognise	recognise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fail	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 recognise	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 refuse	cc
7	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 recognise	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 entry	nmod:poss
9	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refuse	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 nest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nest	det
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refuse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fail	present	They			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not recognise	to-infinitive	They not said here	her = she		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3	refuse	infinitive	They not said here	her entry	to the nest	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entry=Theme
4	enter		her = she			nom entry «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

They fail to recognise her and refuse her entry to the nest, instead admiring her gold and praising her as a peacock

The tree, 22 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	2 fail	nsubj
2	fail	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 recognise	mark
4	recognise	recognise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fail	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 recognise	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 refuse	cc
7	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 recognise	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 entry	nmod:poss
9	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refuse	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 nest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nest	det
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refuse	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 admiring	punct
14	instead	instead	ADV	_	15 admiring	mark
15	admiring	admire	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fail	parataxis
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 gold	nmod:poss
17	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 admiring	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 praising	cc
19	praising	praise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 admiring	conj
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 praising	obj
21	as	as	ADP	_	23 peacock	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 peacock	det
23	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 praising	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fail	present	They			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not recognise	to-infinitive	They not said here	her = she		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3	refuse	infinitive	They not said here	her entry	to the nest	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entry=Theme
4	admire	gerund		her gold		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus
5	praise	gerund		her = she	as a peacock	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme as peacock=Attribute
6	enter		her = she			nom entry «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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