Exam question 3 · Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts…

Upon what occasion did the children warm copper pennies and apply them to the window?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: occasion · What happens: do, apply · To what, where: children, pennies

This is exam question 3 of lesson 978 «Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts, the mirror shatters, Kay and Gerda meet» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obj
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pennies	amod
8	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pennies	compound
9	pennies	penny	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 apply	cc
11	apply	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 apply	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 window	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 window	det
15	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 apply	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	occasion	the children					tree rules
2	apply	present	occasion not said here	pennies = penny				to the window	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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

when the panes were frozen over in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 frozen	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 panes	det
3	panes	pane	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 frozen	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 frozen	aux:pass
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	over	over	ADV	_	5 frozen	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 frozen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze over	past · passive		the panes			winter	over property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

when the windows were iced up in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 iced	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 windows	det
3	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 iced	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 iced	aux:pass
5	iced	ice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 iced	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 iced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ice up	past · passive		the windows			winter		vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination

Option 3

when the window panes were frozen over and the children wanted to see out in winter

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 frozen	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 panes	det
3	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 panes	compound
4	panes	pane	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 frozen	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 frozen	aux:pass
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	over	over	ADV	_	6 frozen	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wanted	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 wanted	nsubj
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 frozen	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 see	mark
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wanted	xcomp
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 see	compound:prt
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 winter	case
16	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	freeze over	past · passive		the window panes		over property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	want	past	the children				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see out not said to happen	to-infinitive	the children not said here		winter		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

when the panes were frozen over in winter and the children could not see the street

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 frozen	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 panes	det
3	panes	pane	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 frozen	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 frozen	aux:pass
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	over	over	ADV	_	5 frozen	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 frozen	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 see	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 children	det
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 see	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 see	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 see	advmod
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 frozen	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 street	det
16	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze over	past · passive		the panes			winter	over property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	not see	could	the children	the street					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer street=Stimulus

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