Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is c…

Which of the following describes the fate Gerda's red shoes met when she cast them into the river?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: red shoes, Gerda · What happens: follow, describe, meet, cast · To what, where: fate, shoes, river

This is exam question 4 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	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	7 fate	det
7	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 shoes	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Gerda	case
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shoes	amod
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 met	nsubj
12	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fate	acl:relcl
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 cast	advmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cast	nsubj
15	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 met	advcl
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cast	obj
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 river	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 river	det
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cast	obl
20	?	?	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 fate		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	meet	past	Gerda's red shoes	the fate not said here		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Co-Agent
4	cast	past	Gerda	shoes = shoe	the river	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent they=Material into river=Product

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

They washed up on a distant sandy shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 washed	nsubj
2	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 washed	compound:prt
4	on	on	ADP	_	8 shore	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shore	det
6	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shore	amod
7	sandy	sandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shore	amod
8	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash up	past	They			a distant sandy shore			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They were carried back to the land by the waves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 carried	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 land	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 land	det
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 waves	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 waves	det
10	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry back	past · passive	the waves	They		the land			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to land=Destination

Option 3

They were swept out to sea by the current

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swept	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swept	aux:pass
3	swept	sweep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 swept	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 sea	case
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swept	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 current	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 current	det
9	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep out	past · passive	the current	They		sea			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to sea=Trajectory

Option 4

They sank to the bottom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sank	nsubj
2	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 bottom	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bottom	det
5	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sank	obl

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

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