Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crow…

Which of the following correctly identifies the person Gerda discovers in the red bed, according to the passage?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person · What happens: follow, identify, discover, accord · To what, where: red bed

This is exam question 3 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	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	csubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 following	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 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discovers	nsubj
9	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 person	appos
10	discovers	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 identifies	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 bed	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bed	det
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bed	amod
14	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discovers	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 passage	punct
16	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 passage	case
17	to	to	ADP	_	16 according	fixed
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 passage	det
19	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discovers	advcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			correctly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present				vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	discover	present	the person	the red bed		vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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

A young prince who resembled Kay in the neck alone, not in the face, hair, or voice, as Gerda had hoped

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 prince	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prince	amod
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resembled	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 resembled	nsubj
5	resembled	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 resembled	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 neck	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 neck	det
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resembled	obl
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 resembled	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 face	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 face	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 face	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 face	det
15	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resembled	parataxis
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hair	punct
17	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 face	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 voice	punct
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 voice	cc
20	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 face	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 hoped	punct
22	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 hoped	mark
23	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 hoped	nsubj:pass
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 hoped	aux
25	hoped	hope	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 resembled	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resemble	past	a young prince	Kay		the neck		alone property	tree rules
2	hope	past · perfect · passive		Gerda					tree rules

Option 2

A young servant who looked like the princess at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 servant	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 servant	amod
3	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 looked	nsubj
5	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 servant	acl:relcl
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 princess	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princess	det
8	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 looked	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 dawn	case
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	a young servant				dawn	like the princess	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A young prince who resembled Kay in the neck alone and was sleeping soundly in the red bed by the window

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 prince	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prince	amod
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resembled	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 resembled	nsubj
5	resembled	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 resembled	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 neck	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 neck	det
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resembled	obl
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 neck	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sleeping	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sleeping	aux
13	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 resembled	conj
14	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	13 sleeping	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 bed	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bed	det
17	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 bed	amod
18	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sleeping	obl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 window	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 window	det
21	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resembled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resemble	past	a young prince	Kay		the neck		by the window	tree rules
2	sleep	past · progressive	a young prince not said here			the red bed		soundly property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A young prince who resembled Kay in the neck alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 prince	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prince	amod
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resembled	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 resembled	nsubj
5	resembled	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 resembled	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 neck	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 neck	det
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resembled	obl
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 resembled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resemble	past	a young prince	Kay		the neck		alone property	tree rules

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