Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crow…

Which of the following describes the conduct of the crowds upon entering the palace, as recorded in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: conduct · What happens: follow, describe, enter, record, conduct · To what, where: conduct, palace, passage, crowds

This is exam question 1 of lesson 982 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crowds fail at the palace, and Gerda is smuggled into the prince's bedroom» 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	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 recorded	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conduct	det
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 crowds	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crowds	det
10	crowds	crowd	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conduct	nmod
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 entering	mark
12	entering	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 conduct	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 palace	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 entering	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 recorded	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 recorded	mark
17	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 passage	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 passage	det
20	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 recorded	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 recorded	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 conduct of the crowds		tree rules
3	enter	gerund	the conduct of the crowds not said here	the palace		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination
4	record	participle			the passage	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination
5	conduct			the crowds		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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 went silent at once

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 went	xcomp
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	They					silent property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location

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

They became confused and could only repeat the final words spoken by the princess

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 repeat	cc
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 repeat	aux
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 repeat	advmod
7	repeat	repeat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 became	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 words	det
9	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 words	amod
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 repeat	obj
11	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 words	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 princess	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 princess	det
14	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spoken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	become	past	They		confused property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	repeat	could	They not said here	the final words		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality
3	speak speech: other	participle		the final words not said here	by the princess	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They fled in confusion

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 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 confusion	case
4	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	They			confusion			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They became lively and could only chant the words the princess had sung at the feast

The tree, 16 words

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lively	lively	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 chant	cc
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 chant	aux
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 chant	advmod
7	chant	chant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 became	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 words	det
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chant	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sung	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sung	aux
13	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 words	acl:relcl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 feast	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 feast	det
16	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	become	past	They			lively property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	chant	could	They not said here	the words			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	sing speech: express	past · perfect · passive	the words not said here	the princess	the feast		tree rules

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