Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is c…

Which of the following accurately describes the temperature of the kiss bestowed upon Kay by the Snow Queen?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, bestow · To what, where: temperature, kiss

This is exam question 1 of lesson 979 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda searches for him» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 temperature	det
8	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 kiss	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kiss	det
11	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 temperature	nmod
12	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 kiss	acl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 Kay	case
14	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 bestowed	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 Queen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Queen	det
17	Snow	Snow	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Queen	compound
18	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 bestowed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the temperature of the kiss	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent temperature=Theme
3	bestow	participle	the kiss not said here	upon Kay; by the Snow Queen	tree rules

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

It felt like a soft breeze

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	6 breeze	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 breeze	det
5	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 breeze	amod
6	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	It					like a soft breeze	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like breeze=Theme

Option 2

It was like frost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 frost	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frost	cop
3	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 frost	amod
4	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	like frost					tree rules

Option 3

It was warmer than snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 warmer	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 warmer	cop
3	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 snow	case
5	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warmer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					than snow; warm property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was colder than ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 colder	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 colder	cop
3	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 ice	case
5	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 colder	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					than ice; cold property	tree rules

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