Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 191: Gerda drifts i…

State the reason the old woman gives for removing the roses from the garden.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State · What happens: give, remove · To what, where: roses, garden

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	nsubj:outer
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woman	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	amod
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	nsubj
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 removing	mark
9	removing	remove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 gives	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roses	det
11	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 removing	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 garden	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 garden	det
14	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 removing	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	State						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	remove	gerund	State not said here	the roses		the garden			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rose=Theme from garden=Source

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 wishes to stop Gerda from remembering Kay and her home in the north

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 wishes	nsubj
2	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wishes	ccomp
5	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stop	obj
6	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 remembering	mark
7	remembering	remember	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stop	advcl
8	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 remembering	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 home	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 home	nmod:poss
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Kay	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 north	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 north	det
14	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remembering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wish	present	She			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive		Gerda		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality gerda=Eventuality
3	remember	gerund		Kay and Gerda's home	the north	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent kay=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She wishes to prevent Gerda from remembering 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 wishes	nsubj
2	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 prevent	mark
4	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wishes	ccomp
5	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 prevent	obj
6	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 remembering	mark
7	remembering	remember	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prevent	advcl
8	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 remembering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wish	present	She		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	prevent not said to happen	to-infinitive		Gerda	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer gerda=Theme
3	remember	gerund		Kay	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent kay=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She wants Gerda to forget all about the roses so she can keep her forever

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 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 forget	mark
5	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
6	all	all	ADV	_	9 roses	advmod
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 roses	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 roses	det
9	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 forget	obj
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 keep	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 keep	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 keep	aux
13	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 forget	advcl
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 keep	obj
15	forever	forever	ADV	_	13 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	She	Gerda		tree rules
2	forget not said to happen	to-infinitive	Gerda not said here	the roses		tree rules
3	keep	can	Gerda	her = she	forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4

She wants Gerda to stay and grow roses there

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 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stay	mark
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 grow	cc
7	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stay	conj
8	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 grow	obj
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 grow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	want	present	She	Gerda		tree rules
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	Gerda not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	grow	infinitive	Gerda not said here	roses	there	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rose=Theme

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