Exam question 4 · Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and…

What was the consequence for the inhabitants of the earth of the prolonged seclusion of the Sun and Moon?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, prolong · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 inhabitants	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 inhabitants	det
7	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consequence	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 earth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 earth	det
10	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inhabitants	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 seclusion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 seclusion	det
13	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 seclusion	amod
14	seclusion	seclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 earth	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Sun	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Sun	det
17	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 seclusion	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 Moon	cc
19	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Sun	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence				for the inhabitants of the earth of the prolonged seclusion of the Sun and Moon	tree rules
2	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: 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

They were plunged into utter darkness, day and night, and their crops died in the fields

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 plunged	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 plunged	aux:pass
3	plunged	plunge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 darkness	case
5	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 darkness	amod
6	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plunged	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 day	punct
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 darkness	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 night	cc
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 darkness	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 died	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 died	cc
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 crops	nmod:poss
14	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 died	nsubj
15	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 plunged	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 fields	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fields	det
18	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plunge	past · passive		They		utter darkness and day and night			vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	die	past	darkness's crops					in the fields	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in field=Attribute

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They were plunged into utter darkness, day and night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 plunged	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 plunged	aux:pass
3	plunged	plunge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 darkness	case
5	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 darkness	amod
6	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plunged	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 day	punct
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 darkness	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 night	cc
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 darkness	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plunge	past · passive		They		utter darkness and day and night			vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

They fled in terror to the eastern hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 terror	case
4	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fled	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 hills	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hills	det
7	eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hills	amod
8	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	They			terror		to the eastern hills	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hill=Initial_Location

Option 4

They were plunged into utter darkness, day and night, for many years without any light at all

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 plunged	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 plunged	aux:pass
3	plunged	plunge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 darkness	case
5	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 darkness	amod
6	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plunged	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 day	punct
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 darkness	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 night	cc
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 darkness	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 years	punct
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 years	case
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 years	amod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 plunged	obl:unmarked
15	without	without	ADP	_	17 light	case
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 light	det
17	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plunged	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 plunged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plunge	past · passive		They		utter darkness and day and night	year	without any light; at all	vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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