Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Blind Girl: the blind girl sends lea…

Into what part of her being did the echoes of human thoughts and feelings penetrate?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, penetrate · To what, where: part

This is exam question 3 of lesson 941 «Andersen's Tales, The Blind Girl: the blind girl sends leaves home and the word BELIEVE glows» 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	Into	into	ADP	_	3 part	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 part	det
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 penetrate	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 echoes	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 echoes	nmod:poss
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 echoes	cop
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 echoes	aux
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 echoes	det
9	echoes	echo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 part	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 thoughts	case
11	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thoughts	amod
12	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 echoes	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 feelings	cc
14	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 thoughts	conj
15	penetrate	penetrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 penetrate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund · do-support						of her echoes; of human thoughts and feelings	tree rules
2	penetrate	present				what part			vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=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 hidden depths of her mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 depths	det
2	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 depths	amod
3	depths	depth	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 mind	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mind	nmod:poss
6	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depths	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mind		her = she						nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the deepest recesses of her heart where no one could go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 recesses	det
2	deepest	deep	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 recesses	amod
3	recesses	recess	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 heart	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heart	nmod:poss
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recesses	nmod
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 go	advmod
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 go	aux
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 heart	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	could	no one						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	recess			her heart					nom recess «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

the deepest recesses of her heart and soul

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 recesses	det
2	deepest	deep	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 recesses	amod
3	recesses	recess	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 heart	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heart	nmod:poss
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recesses	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 soul	cc
8	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heart	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recess			her heart and soul					nom recess «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the deepest recesses of her heart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 recesses	det
2	deepest	deep	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 recesses	amod
3	recesses	recess	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 heart	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heart	nmod:poss
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recesses	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recess			her heart					nom recess «state transitive»: of=patient

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