Exam question 2 · Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and…

By what means did the Empress's ambassadors transport themselves to the abode of the Sun and Moon?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ambassadors · What happens: mean, transport · To what, where: ambassadors, abode

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1387 «Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and Moon come back to light» 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	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 transport	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Empress	det
6	Empress	Empress	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 ambassadors	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Empress	case
8	ambassadors	ambassador	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 transport	nsubj
9	transport	transport	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 transport	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 abode	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 abode	det
13	abode	abode	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 transport	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 Sun	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Sun	det
16	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 abode	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 Moon	cc
18	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Sun	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	transport	past · do-support	the Empress's ambassadors	ambassadors = ambassador		the abode of the Sun and Moon			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme to abode=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

By chariots which travelled through the air by magic power and bright golden wheels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 chariots	case
2	chariots	chariot	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 travelled	nsubj
4	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 chariots	acl:relcl
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 travelled	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 power	case
9	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 power	amod
10	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 travelled	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wheels	cc
12	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wheels	amod
13	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wheels	amod
14	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 power	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	past	chariots			the air		by magic power and bright golden wheels	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Trajectory

Option 2

By dragons who carried them slowly over the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 dragons	case
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dragons	acl:relcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	obj
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 carried	advmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 hills	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hills	det
9	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	dragons	dragons = dragon		the hills		slowly property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By chariots which travelled through the air by magic power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 chariots	case
2	chariots	chariot	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 travelled	nsubj
4	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 chariots	acl:relcl
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 travelled	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 power	case
9	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 power	amod
10	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 travelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	past	chariots			the air		by magic power	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Trajectory

Option 4

By cranes which flew through the clouds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 cranes	case
2	cranes	crane	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 flew	nsubj
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cranes	acl:relcl
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 clouds	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clouds	det
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	cranes			the clouds			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through cloud=Location

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