Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 167: prizes ar…

By what means did the girl Karen come to be relieved of her poverty and taken into care?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, do, come, be, take · To what, where: girl, care · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 956 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 167: prizes are argued over, then poor Karen gets red shoes and is taken away» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girl	det
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	Karen	Karen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 girl	appos
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	11 relieved	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 relieved	cop
11	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 come	xcomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 poverty	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 poverty	nmod:poss
14	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 relieved	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 taken	cc
16	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 poverty	conj
17	into	into	ADP	_	18 care	case
18	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 taken	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the girl			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Eventuality
3	come	infinitive				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	to-infinitive			of Karen's poverty; relieved property	tree rules
5	take	participle		care		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into care=Destination

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 · ✓ the right answer

Through the pity of an old lady, who offered to take her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 pity	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pity	det
3	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 offered	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 lady	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lady	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lady	amod
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pity	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 offered	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 offered	nsubj
10	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 take	mark
12	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 offered	xcomp
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	offer	past			the pity of a old lady	tree rules
2	take not said to happen	to-infinitive		her = she		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination
3	pity		a old lady			nom pity «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Through the charity of a rich merchant who wanted a servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 charity	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 charity	det
3	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 merchant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 merchant	det
6	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 merchant	amod
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 charity	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 wanted	nsubj
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 merchant	acl:relcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 servant	det
11	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	a rich merchant	a servant					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot servant=Theme

Option 3

Through the pity of an old lady, who saw her at the funeral and offered to take her into her house and teach her

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 pity	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pity	det
3	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 lady	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lady	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lady	amod
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pity	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 saw	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 saw	nsubj
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 funeral	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 funeral	det
14	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 offered	cc
16	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 saw	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 take	mark
18	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 offered	xcomp
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 take	obj
20	into	into	ADP	_	22 house	case
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 house	nmod:poss
22	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 take	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 teach	cc
24	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 take	conj
25	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 teach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	past	her = she		the pity of a old lady	at the funeral	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	offer	participle					tree rules
3	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	her = she		her house		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into house=Destination
4	teach speech: other	infinitive		her = she			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
5	pity		a old lady				nom pity «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Through the pity of an old lady who lived in a large house by the river, who offered to take her in and feed her well

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 pity	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pity	det
3	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 lady	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lady	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lady	amod
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pity	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 lived	nsubj
9	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lady	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 house	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 house	det
12	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 house	amod
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lived	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 river	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 river	det
16	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lived	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 offered	punct
18	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 offered	nsubj
19	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 river	acl:relcl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 take	mark
21	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 offered	xcomp
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 take	obj
23	in	in	ADP	_	21 take	compound:prt
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 feed	cc
25	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 take	conj
26	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 feed	obj
27	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	25 feed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	live	past	a old lady			a large house	by the river	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location
2	offer	past	the river					tree rules
3	take in not said to happen	to-infinitive	the river not said here		her = she			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination
4	feed	infinitive	the river not said here		her = she		well property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
5	pity			a old lady				nom pity «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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