Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 191: Gerda drifts i…

Which of the following describes the mode of transport by which Gerda first arrives at the old woman's dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gerda · What happens: follow, be, arrive · To what, where: dwelling

This is exam question 1 of lesson 980 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 191: Gerda drifts in a boat to an old woman's garden, where the roses vanish and she forgets Kay» 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	7 mode	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 mode	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mode	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 mode	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mode	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mode	det
7	mode	mode	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 transport	case
9	transport	transport	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mode	nmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 arrives	obl
12	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 arrives	nsubj
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 arrives	advmod
14	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mode	parataxis
15	at	at	ADP	_	20 dwelling	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 woman	det
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 woman	amod
18	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dwelling	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 woman	case
20	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 arrives	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 mode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the mode; of transport	tree rules
3	arrive	present	Gerda	the old woman's dwelling	by the mode; first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

She sails a golden ship over the frozen sea

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 sails	nsubj
2	sails	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ship	det
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ship	amod
5	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sails	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	9 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
8	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 sea	amod
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sails	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	present	She	a golden ship		the frozen sea			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ship=Theme over sea=Trajectory
2	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She is carried by a large swan through the sky

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	3 carried	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 swan	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 swan	det
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 swan	amod
7	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 sky	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sky	det
10	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · passive	a large swan	She		the sky			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She travels in a small boat drifting down the river

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 travels	nsubj
2	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 boat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boat	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boat	amod
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travels	obl
7	drifting	drift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 boat	acl
8	down	down	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drifting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present	She			a small boat			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boat=Trajectory
2	drift	gerund	a small boat not said here			the river			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down river=Trajectory

Option 4

She travels in a tiny red boat that sinks in the middle of the river

The tree, 15 words

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 travels	nsubj
2	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 boat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boat	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boat	amod
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boat	amod
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travels	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 sinks	nsubj
9	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 boat	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 middle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 middle	det
12	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sinks	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 river	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 river	det
15	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present	She			a tiny red boat			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boat=Trajectory
2	sink	present	a tiny red boat			the middle of the river			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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