Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother: Death carries off…

What is the primary significance of the well, as presented in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, present · To what, where: primary significance, passage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 996 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother: Death carries off the child» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 significance	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 significance	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 significance	det
4	primary	primary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 significance	amod
5	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 well	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 well	det
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 significance	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 presented	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 presented	mark
11	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 significance	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 passage	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 passage	det
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 presented	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 significance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the primary significance					tree rules
2	present	participle		the primary significance not said here		the passage			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It reveals the future of each flower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reveals	nsubj
2	reveals	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 future	det
4	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reveals	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 flower	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 flower	det
7	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 future	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	present	It	the future of each flower					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent future=Topic

Option 2

It is a place where the dead are judged, and the mother sees her child's fate there

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 place	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 place	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 place	det
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 judged	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dead	det
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 judged	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 judged	aux:pass
9	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 place	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sees	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sees	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mother	det
13	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sees	nsubj
14	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 place	acl:relcl
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 child	nmod:poss
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fate	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 child	case
18	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sees	obj
19	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 sees	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a place		tree rules
2	judge	present · passive		the dead		vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
3	see	present	the mother	mother's child's fate	there	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus
4	fate		mother's child			nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It shows where each flower will go next

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 go	advmod
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 flower	det
5	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shows	ccomp
8	next	next	ADV	_	7 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	future	each flower					next property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It shows the future of each flower, including which one is blessing and which is misery

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 future	det
4	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 flower	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 flower	det
7	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 future	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 blessing	punct
9	including	including	ADP	_	13 blessing	mark
10	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 blessing	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 blessing	aux
13	blessing	bless	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shows	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 misery	cc
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 misery	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 misery	cop
17	misery	misery	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 blessing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	show	present	It	the future of each flower	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent future=Recipient
2	bless	present · progressive	which one		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		misery	tree rules

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