Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw com…

Which of the following describes the Snow Man's principal desire in this part of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Snow Man · What happens: follow, describe, desire · To what, where: principal desire, part

This is exam question 1 of lesson 977 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw comes, and the Snow Man longs for the stove» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Man	det
7	Snow	Snow	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Man	compound
8	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 desire	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Man	case
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 desire	amod
11	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 part	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 part	det
14	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 desire	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 narrative	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 narrative	det
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 part	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the Snow Man's principal desire	this part of the narrative	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent desire=Theme
3	desire		the Snow Man		this part of the narrative	nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent in=place

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

to run away from the garden and find the girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 run	mark
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 run	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 garden	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 run	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 find	cc
8	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 run	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	to-infinitive				the garden		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from garden=Trajectory
2	find	infinitive		the girl					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

to approach and lean against the stove

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 approach	mark
2	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 lean	cc
4	lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 approach	conj
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 stove	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stove	det
7	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lean	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lean	infinitive				the stove			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against stove=Location

Option 3

to approach and lean against the warm stove at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 approach	mark
2	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 lean	cc
4	lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 approach	conj
5	against	against	ADP	_	8 stove	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stove	det
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stove	amod
8	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lean	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 lean	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lean	infinitive				the warm stove			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against stove=Location

Option 4

to stand near the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 stand	mark
2	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	near	near	ADP	_	5 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	to-infinitive				the window			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near window=Location

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