Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crow…

how'd Gerda sneak into the palace, like actually?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gerda · What happens: sneak · To what, where: palace

This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 sneak	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	4 sneak	punct
3	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sneak	nsubj
4	sneak	sneak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sneak	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 actually	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 actually	case
10	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 sneak	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sneak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneak	infinitive	Gerda			the palace		actually property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into palace=Destination

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 · ← Mova's choice

a servant led her through the kitchen hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	nsubj
3	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 led	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	8 hall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hall	compound
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	a servant	her = she		the kitchen hall			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme through hall=Destination

Option 2

the crow's girl took her up a back staircase that the guards never used, past the kitchen

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 girl	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 crow	case
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	nsubj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 took	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 took	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 staircase	det
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 staircase	compound
10	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	obj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 used	obj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 guards	det
13	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 used	nsubj
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 used	advmod
15	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 staircase	acl:relcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 kitchen	punct
17	past	past	ADP	_	19 kitchen	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 kitchen	det
19	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take up	past	the crow's girl	crow				past the kitchen	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Theme staircase=Destination
2	not use	past	the guards	a back staircase					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient

Option 3

the crow's girl took her up a narrow back staircase while the guards were busy at the great gate below

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 girl	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 crow	case
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	nsubj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 took	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 took	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 staircase	det
9	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 staircase	amod
10	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 staircase	compound
11	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	obj
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 busy	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 guards	det
14	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 busy	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 busy	cop
16	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 took	advcl
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 gate	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 gate	det
19	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 gate	amod
20	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 busy	obl
21	below	below	ADV	_	20 gate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take up	past	the crow's girl	crow					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Theme staircase=Destination
2	is	past	the guards			the great gate		busy property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the crow's girl took her up a back staircase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 girl	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 crow	case
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	nsubj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 took	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 took	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 staircase	det
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 staircase	compound
10	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take up	past	the crow's girl	crow					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Theme staircase=Destination

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