Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is c…

Which of the following accurately identifies the purpose for which Gerda resolved to visit the river?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gerda · What happens: follow, identify, resolve, visit · To what, where: purpose, river

This is exam question 3 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 purpose	det
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 resolved	obl
11	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 resolved	nsubj
12	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 purpose	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 visit	mark
14	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 resolved	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 river	det
16	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 visit	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the purpose	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
3	resolve	past	Gerda		for the purpose	tree rules
4	visit	to-infinitive	Gerda not said here	the river		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Co-Agent

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

She wished to ask it for Kay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ask	mark
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ask	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 Kay	case
7	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	ask speech: ask not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here		it			for Kay	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

Option 2

She wanted to fetch her shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fetch	mark
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shoes	nmod:poss
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	fetch not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	her shoes					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To find Kay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		Kay					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kay=Topic

Option 4

To bathe her feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bathe	mark
2	bathe	bathe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feet	nmod:poss
4	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bathe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bathe	to-infinitive		her feet					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme foot=Destination

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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