Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crow…

Which of the following accurately reports the response of the prince and princess to the conduct of the crows?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, report, conduct · To what, where: response, crows

This is exam question 4 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 reports	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 reports	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reports	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 reports	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 reports	advmod
6	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 response	det
8	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reports	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 prince	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prince	det
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 response	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 princess	cc
13	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prince	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 conduct	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 conduct	det
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 princess	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 crows	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 crows	det
19	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 conduct	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 reports	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	report	present	the response of the prince and princess to the conduct of the crows	accurately property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Patient
3	conduct		the crows		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 commended the crows, expressed no anger whatsoever, and required that the conduct not be repeated by any birds who came to the palace in the future

The tree, 27 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 commended	nsubj
2	commended	commend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crows	det
4	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 commended	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 expressed	punct
6	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commended	conj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 anger	det
8	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expressed	obj
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	6 expressed	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 required	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 required	cc
12	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commended	conj
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 repeated	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 conduct	det
15	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 repeated	nsubj:pass
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 repeated	advmod
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 repeated	aux:pass
18	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 required	ccomp
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 birds	case
20	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	21 birds	det
21	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 repeated	obl
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 came	nsubj
23	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 birds	acl:relcl
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 palace	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 palace	det
26	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 came	obl
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 future	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 future	det
29	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	commend	past	They	the crows			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme
2	express	past	They not said here	no anger		whatsoever property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme
3	require	past	They not said here				vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
4	not repeat	infinitive · passive	any birds	the conduct			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
5	come	past	any birds		the future	to the palace	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They commended the crows, expressed no anger, and required that the conduct not be repeated, and then they ordered a feast in the hall for the whole palace staff

The tree, 29 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 commended	nsubj
2	commended	commend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crows	det
4	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 commended	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 expressed	punct
6	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commended	conj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 anger	det
8	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expressed	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 required	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 required	cc
11	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commended	conj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 repeated	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conduct	det
14	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 repeated	nsubj:pass
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 repeated	advmod
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 repeated	aux:pass
17	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 required	ccomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 ordered	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 ordered	cc
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 ordered	advmod
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 ordered	nsubj
22	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commended	parataxis
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 feast	det
24	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 ordered	obj
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 hall	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 hall	det
27	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 ordered	obl
28	for	for	ADP	_	32 staff	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 staff	det
30	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 staff	amod
31	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 staff	compound
32	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 ordered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commend	past	They	the crows				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme
2	express	past	They not said here	no anger				vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme
3	require	past	They not said here					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
4	not repeat	infinitive · passive		the conduct				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
5	order	past	crows = crow	a feast	the hall	then	for the whole palace staff	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent feast=Theme for staff=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They commended the crows, expressed no anger, and required that the conduct not be repeated

The tree, 15 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 commended	nsubj
2	commended	commend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crows	det
4	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 commended	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 expressed	punct
6	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commended	conj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 anger	det
8	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expressed	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 required	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 required	cc
11	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commended	conj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 conduct	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conduct	det
14	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	xcomp
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 repeated	advmod
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 repeated	aux:pass
17	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 required	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	commend	past	They	the crows	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme
2	express	past	They not said here	no anger	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme
3	require	past	They not said here	the conduct	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	not repeat	infinitive · passive	They not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»

Option 4

They rebuked the crows sharply, expressed great anger, and demanded the guards punish them

The tree, 14 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 rebuked	nsubj
2	rebuked	rebuke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crows	det
4	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rebuked	obj
5	sharply	sharply	ADV	_	2 rebuked	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 expressed	punct
7	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rebuked	conj
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 anger	amod
9	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expressed	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 demanded	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 demanded	cc
12	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rebuked	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 guards	det
14	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 punish	nsubj
15	punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 demanded	ccomp
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 punish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rebuke	past	They	the crows	sharply property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme
2	express	past	They not said here	great anger		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme
3	demand speech: request	past	They not said here			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
4	punish	present	the guards	crows = crow		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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