Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 206: a mothe…

By what means does the lake consent to convey the bereaved mother across its waters?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, convey · To what, where: lake consent, bereaved mother, waters · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 995 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 206: a mother follows Death and pays a price» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consent	det
6	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consent	compound
7	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 convey	mark
9	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 consent	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mother	det
11	bereaved	bereaved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mother	amod
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 convey	obj
13	across	across	ADP	_	15 waters	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 waters	nmod:poss
15	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 convey	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	present	the lake consent		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Eventuality
3	convey	to-infinitive	the bereaved mother	consent's waters	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mother=Topic

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

Through a bargain for her cloak and a pair of boots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 bargain	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bargain	det
3	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 cloak	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cloak	nmod:poss
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bargain	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pair	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pair	det
9	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bargain	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 boots	case
11	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pair	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

In exchange for her weeping eyes, which become pearls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 exchange	case
2	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	obl
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
5	weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eyes	compound
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exchange	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 become	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 become	nsubj
9	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present		pearls				in exchange for her weeping eyes result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in exchange=Result

Option 3

In exchange for her weeping eyes, which the lake keeps as pearls in its cold depths below the ice

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 exchange	case
2	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 keeps	obl
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
5	weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eyes	compound
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exchange	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 keeps	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 keeps	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lake	det
10	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 keeps	nsubj
11	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 pearls	case
13	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 keeps	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 depths	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 depths	nmod:poss
16	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 depths	amod
17	depths	depth	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 keeps	obl
18	below	below	ADP	_	20 ice	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ice	det
20	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 depths	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the lake			exchange for her weeping eyes		as pearls; in lake's cold depths below the ice	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent which=Theme in exchange=Location

Option 4

In exchange for her weeping eyes, which become pearls, and a promise never to return to the shore

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 exchange	case
2	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 return	obl
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
5	weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eyes	compound
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exchange	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 become	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 become	nsubj
9	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 eyes	acl:relcl
10	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 become	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 return	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 return	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 promise	det
14	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 return	nsubj
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 return	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 return	mark
17	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 shore	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 shore	det
20	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	her weeping eyes	pearls					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	not return	to-infinitive	a promise			exchange for her weeping eyes		to the shore result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to shore=Result

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