Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bir…
What did Death relinquish in exchange for the nightingale's song, and what did he become upon departing?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Death, nightingale · What happens: relinquish, become, depart, sing · To what, where: exchange
This is exam question 3 of lesson 913 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bird breaks, and the real nightingale saves the dying emperor» 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 | 4 relinquish | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 relinquish | aux |
| 3 | Death | Death | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 relinquish | nsubj |
| 4 | relinquish | relinquish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 exchange | case |
| 6 | exchange | exchange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 relinquish | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 song | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 nightingale | det |
| 9 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 song | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 nightingale | case |
| 11 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 exchange | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 become | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 become | cc |
| 14 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 become | nsubj |
| 15 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 become | aux |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 become | nsubj |
| 17 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 relinquish | conj |
| 18 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 19 departing | mark |
| 19 | departing | depart | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 become | advcl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 relinquish | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relinquish | past · do-support | Death | exchange for the nightingale's song | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ||||
| 2 | become | past · do-support | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | depart | gerund | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | sing | the nightingale | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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 sword and robe; a thin silver cloud that rose away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sword | det |
| 2 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 robe | cc |
| 4 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sword | conj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 cloud | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cloud | det |
| 7 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cloud | amod |
| 8 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cloud | compound |
| 9 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sword | appos |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 rose | nsubj |
| 11 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 cloud | acl:relcl |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 11 rose | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise away | past | a thin silver cloud | away property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The sword, banner and crown, all the royal treasures; a cold, white mist that drifted slowly out through the window
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sword | det |
| 2 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 banner | punct |
| 4 | banner | banner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sword | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 crown | cc |
| 6 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sword | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 treasures | punct |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 treasures | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 treasures | det |
| 10 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 treasures | amod |
| 11 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sword | conj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 mist | punct |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 mist | det |
| 14 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 mist | amod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cold | punct |
| 16 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 mist | amod |
| 17 | mist | mist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sword | conj |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 drifted | nsubj |
| 19 | drifted | drift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 mist | acl:relcl |
| 20 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 21 out | advmod |
| 21 | out | out | ADV | _ | 19 drifted | advmod |
| 22 | through | through | ADP | _ | 24 window | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 window | det |
| 24 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 drifted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drift | past | a cold white mist | the window | out property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory |
Option 3
The shield and banner; a pale grey fog in the night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shield | det |
| 2 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 banner | cc |
| 4 | banner | banner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shield | conj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 fog | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fog | det |
| 7 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fog | amod |
| 8 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fog | amod |
| 9 | fog | fog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shield | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 night | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 night | det |
| 12 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fog | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The sword, banner and crown; a cold, white mist
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sword | det |
| 2 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 banner | punct |
| 4 | banner | banner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sword | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 crown | cc |
| 6 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sword | conj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 mist | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 mist | det |
| 9 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 mist | amod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 cold | punct |
| 11 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 mist | amod |
| 12 | mist | mist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sword | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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