Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145:…

Which wind was instructed by the mother to deliver the palm-leaf, and in what manner was the leaf received by the princess?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother · What happens: instruct, deliver, be, receive · To what, where: wind, palm leaf, leaf, manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 934 «Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145: the Winds tell their travels, and the East Wind flies the prince toward paradise» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instructed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 instructed	aux:pass
4	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 mother	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mother	det
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instructed	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 deliver	mark
9	deliver	deliver	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 instructed	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 leaf	det
11	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 leaf	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 palm	punct
13	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deliver	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 leaf	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 leaf	cc
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 manner	case
17	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	18 manner	det
18	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 leaf	obl
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 leaf	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 leaf	det
21	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deliver	obl
22	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 leaf	acl
23	by	by	ADP	_	25 princess	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 princess	det
25	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 received	obl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 instructed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	past · passive	the mother	which wind			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	deliver	to-infinitive	the mother not said here	the palm leaf			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient
3	is a	past		the leaf	what manner		tree rules
4	receive	participle		the leaf not said here		by the princess	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by princess=Location

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 right answer

The South Wind delivered the palm-leaf, which bore the phoenix's inscribed history

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wind	det
2	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	compound
3	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 delivered	nsubj
4	delivered	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 leaf	det
6	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaf	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 palm	punct
8	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 delivered	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bore	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 bore	nsubj
11	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 leaf	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 phoenix	det
13	phoenix	Phoenix	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 history	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 phoenix	case
15	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 history	amod
16	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	deliver	past	the South Wind	the palm leaf	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient
2	bear	past	the palm leaf	the phoenix's inscribed history	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Patient
3	inscribe	participle			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The East Wind delivered the letter, which showed the phoenix's written life story to the princess

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wind	det
2	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	compound
3	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 delivered	nsubj
4	delivered	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 letter	det
6	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 delivered	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 showed	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 showed	nsubj
9	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 letter	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 phoenix	det
11	phoenix	Phoenix	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 story	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 phoenix	case
13	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 story	amod
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 story	compound
15	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 showed	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 princess	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 princess	det
18	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 showed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	deliver	past	the East Wind	the letter		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient
2	show	past	the letter	the phoenix's written life story	the princess	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Topic to princess=Recipient
3	write	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The South Wind, in a sack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wind	det
2	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	compound
3	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Wind	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sack	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sack	det
7	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The North Wind handed over the leaf, which the princess read slowly and then wept over

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wind	det
2	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	compound
3	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 handed	nsubj
4	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 leaf	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 leaf	det
7	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 read	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 read	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 read	nsubj
12	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 handed	conj
13	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	12 read	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 wept	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 wept	advmod
16	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 handed	conj
17	over	over	ADV	_	16 wept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	past	the North Wind	the leaf			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	read	past	the princess			slowly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic
3	weep over	past	the North Wind not said here		then	over property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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