Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wanderin…

Which statement most accurately describes Marie Grubbe's response to the proposal of Lord Gyldenlowe?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, Lord · What happens: describe, propose · To what, where: response

This is exam question 1 of lesson 949 «Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wandering Marie is lifted onto a ship» 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 describes	advmod
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Marie	Marie	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 response	nmod:poss
7	Grubbe	Grubbe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Marie	flat
8	's	's	PART	_	6 Marie	case
9	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 proposal	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 proposal	det
12	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 response	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Lord	case
14	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 proposal	nmod
15	Gyldenlowe	Gyldenlowe	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Lord	flat
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	Marie's response				to the proposal of Lord; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent response=Theme to proposal=be'
2	propose		Lord						nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=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

She agreed warmly, stating that she cared deeply for him and wished to marry soon

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	2 agreed	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stating	punct
5	stating	state	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 agreed	advcl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 cared	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cared	nsubj
8	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stating	ccomp
9	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	8 cared	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cared	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wished	cc
13	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 agreed	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 marry	mark
15	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wished	xcomp
16	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 marry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	She	warmly property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	state speech: other	gerund	She not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	care	past	she	for him = he; deeply property	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme
4	wish	past	She not said here		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	soon property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She expressed indifference, stating that she did not care so very much for him

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 expressed	nsubj
2	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	indifference	indifference	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expressed	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stating	punct
5	stating	state	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 expressed	advcl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 care	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 care	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 care	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 care	advmod
10	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stating	ccomp
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 much	advmod
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 much	advmod
13	much	much	ADV	_	10 care	advmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 care	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	express	past	She	indifference		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indifference=Theme
2	state speech: other	gerund	She not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not care	past · do-support	she		for him = he	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme

Option 3

She expressed indifference at first, then stating she did not care so very much for him, though she hoped to change her mind in time

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 expressed	nsubj
2	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	indifference	indifference	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expressed	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 first	case
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 expressed	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stating	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 stating	advmod
8	stating	state	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 expressed	advcl
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 care	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 care	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 care	advmod
12	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 stating	ccomp
13	so	so	ADV	_	15 much	advmod
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 much	advmod
15	much	much	ADV	_	12 care	advmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 much	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 hoped	punct
19	though	though	SCONJ	_	21 hoped	mark
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 hoped	nsubj
21	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 expressed	conj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 change	mark
23	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 hoped	xcomp
24	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 mind	nmod:poss
25	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 change	obj
26	in	in	ADP	_	27 time	case
27	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	express	past	She	indifference		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indifference=Theme
2	state speech: other	gerund	She not said here		then	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not care	past · do-support	she			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	hope	past	she			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	change not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	her mind	time	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
6	mind		her = she			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She expressed indifference, stating that she did not care for him at all and would never wed a lord of his rank in the realm

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 expressed	nsubj
2	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	indifference	indifference	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expressed	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stating	punct
5	stating	state	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 expressed	advcl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 care	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 care	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 care	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 care	advmod
10	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stating	ccomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 care	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 care	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wed	cc
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 wed	aux
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 wed	advmod
18	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 expressed	conj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 lord	det
20	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wed	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 rank	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 rank	nmod:poss
23	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lord	nmod
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 realm	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 realm	det
26	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	express	past	She	indifference			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indifference=Theme
2	state speech: other	gerund	She not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not care	past · do-support	she		all	for him = he	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme
4	not wed	would	She not said here	a lord of his rank	the realm		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Patient

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