Exam question 2 · Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hai…

By what means did Mongan's company achieve passage out of the tempest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, achieve · To what, where: company, passage, tempest · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1068 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin» 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	8 achieve	advcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	Mongan	Mongan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 company	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Mongan	case
7	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	achieve	achieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 achieve	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	13 tempest	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 tempest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tempest	det
13	tempest	tempest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 passage	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 achieve	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	past	Mongan's company		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Eventuality
3	achieve	present	passage	the tempest	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Eventuality

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

By passing through a knoll of trees and entering the land of Faery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 passing	mark
2	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 knoll	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 knoll	det
5	knoll	knoll	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passing	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 trees	case
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 knoll	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 entering	cc
9	entering	enter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 passing	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 land	det
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 entering	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Faery	case
13	Faery	faery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 land	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	gerund				a knoll of trees			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through knoll=Location
2	enter	gerund		the land of Faery					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme land=Destination

Option 2

By riding over the open sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 riding	mark
2	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	6 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sea	amod
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 riding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	gerund				the open sea			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over sea=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By passing a knoll of trees into Faery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 passing	mark
2	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 knoll	det
4	knoll	knoll	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 trees	case
6	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 knoll	nmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 Faery	case
8	Faery	faery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	gerund		a knoll of trees		Faery			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent knoll=Theme into faery=Destination

Option 4

By following a white deer through a grove and into Faery's gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 following	mark
2	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deer	det
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deer	amod
5	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 following	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 grove	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 grove	det
8	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 following	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gate	cc
10	into	into	ADP	_	13 gate	case
11	Faery	Faery	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 gate	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Faery	case
13	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grove	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		a white deer		a grove and Faery's gate			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent deer=Theme through grove=Trajectory

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