Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is c…

Which of the following accurately identifies the object that lodged in Kay's eye?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: follow, identify, lodge · To what, where: object, eye

This is exam question 2 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	6 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 lodged	nsubj
10	lodged	lodge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 object	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 eye	case
12	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 eye	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Kay	case
14	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lodged	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the object		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
3	lodge	past	the object		Kay's eye		vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in eye=Location

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

A splinter of the frozen mirror

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 splinter	det
2	splinter	splinter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 mirror	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mirror	det
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 mirror	amod
6	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 splinter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

A grain of sand from the bottom of the river bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 grain	det
2	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sand	case
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grain	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 bottom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bottom	det
7	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grain	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 bank	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bank	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bank	compound
11	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bottom	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A tiny sliver of the cracked enchanted mirror from the goblin's shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sliver	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sliver	amod
3	sliver	sliver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 enchanted	nsubj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 cracked	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cracked	det
6	cracked	crack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sliver	acl
7	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 enchanted	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 shop	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 goblin	det
11	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shop	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 goblin	case
13	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 enchanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack	participle		a tiny sliver not said here					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	enchant	past	a tiny sliver	mirror		the goblin's shop			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mirror=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A bit of the magic looking-glass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bit	det
2	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 magic	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 magic	det
5	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	nmod
6	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bit	acl
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 glass	punct
8	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund	a bit of the magic not said here	glass					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme glass=Attribute

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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