Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother: Death carries off…

Which phrase in the passage expresses the mother's final submission to the will of God?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, mother · What happens: express, submit · To what, where: final submission, God

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expresses	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 phrase	nmod
6	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mother	det
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 submission	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 mother	case
10	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 submission	amod
11	submission	submission	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expresses	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	16 God	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 God	det
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 God	aux
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 God	case
16	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 expresses	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 expresses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present	which phrase in the passage	the mother's final submission	the God				vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent submission=Theme to god=Recipient
2	submit		the mother						nom submission «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

"Grant not my prayers, when they are contrary to Thy will"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 prayers	punct
2	Grant	grant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prayers	nsubj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 prayers	advmod
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 prayers	nmod:poss
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 contrary	punct
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 contrary	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 contrary	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 contrary	cop
10	contrary	contrary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 prayers	acl:relcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 will	case
12	Thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 will	nmod:poss
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 contrary	aux
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 prayers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	prayers = prayer					contrary property	tree rules
2	pray in a quote		my						nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Thy will be done

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	4 done	nmod:poss
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 done	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 done	aux:pass
4	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	future · passive							vn act-114-1 «NP V»

Option 3

Let Thy will be done, O God

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 done	nmod:poss
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 done	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 done	aux:pass
5	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Let	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 God	punct
7	O	o	INTJ	_	8 God	discourse
8	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Let	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here					God vocative	tree rules
2	do	future · passive	you not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

If it be Thy will, then grant my child a place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	8 grant	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grant	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 will	cop
4	Thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 will	nmod:poss
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 grant	aux
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 will	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 grant	advmod
8	grant	grant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 child	nmod:poss
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grant	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 place	det
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grant	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	future	it	a place	my child		then		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent child=Goal place=Theme

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