Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldie…

In what manner did the young wife's handkerchief distinguish itself upon the soldier's recovery?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: handkerchief, soldier · What happens: do, distinguish, recover · To what, where: manner, handkerchief

This is exam question 2 of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wife	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wife	amod
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 handkerchief	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 wife	case
9	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinguish	nsubj
10	distinguish	distinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
11	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 distinguish	obj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 recovery	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 soldier	det
14	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 recovery	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 soldier	case
16	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinguish	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	distinguish	present	the young wife's handkerchief	handkerchief		upon the soldier's recovery	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute itself=Theme
3	recover		the soldier				nom recovery «event 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 · ← Mova's choice

it released a soft and gentle fragrance

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 released	nsubj
2	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fragrance	det
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fragrance	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gentle	cc
6	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 soft	conj
7	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 released	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	past	it	a soft fragrance					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer fragrance=Source

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

it emitted a pleasant and beautiful perfume

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 emitted	nsubj
2	emitted	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 perfume	det
4	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 perfume	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 beautiful	cc
6	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pleasant	conj
7	perfume	perfume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 emitted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	past	it	a pleasant perfume					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source perfume=Theme

Option 3

it gave off a sweet and lovely scent

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 gave	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sweet	det
5	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 scent	cc
7	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 scent	amod
8	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sweet	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give off	past	it	a sweet and lovely scent					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source sweet=Theme

Option 4

it smelled of roses

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 smelled	nsubj
2	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 roses	case
4	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 smelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	past	it					of roses	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of rose=Theme

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