Exam question 2 · Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the…

State the direction in which the boy must travel in order to reach the Island of the Fairies of the Garden.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: travel, reach · To what, where: direction, Island

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1457 «Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the Cap, Sword and Shoes on his quest» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 direction	det
3	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 travel	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 travel	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 travel	aux
9	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 direction	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 order	case
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 travel	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 reach	mark
13	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 travel	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Island	det
15	Island	Island	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 reach	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 Fairies	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Fairies	det
18	Fairies	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Plur	15 Island	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 Garden	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Garden	det
21	Garden	Garden	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Fairies	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	must	the boy			the direction		in order	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Trajectory
2	reach	to-infinitive	the boy not said here	the Island of the Fairies of the Garden					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent island=Theme

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

Due east

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 east	amod
2	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

North

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

South, keeping the land upon his left hand and the sea upon his right

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	South	south	ADV	_	3 keeping	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 South	punct
3	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 land	det
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeping	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 hand	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hand	nmod:poss
8	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hand	amod
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeping	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sea	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hand	conj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 right	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 right	nmod:poss
15	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		the land		his left hand and the sea		upon his right; south property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent land=Theme upon hand=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

West, keeping the sun upon his right hand and the hills behind him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	West	west	ADV	_	3 keeping	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 West	punct
3	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sun	det
5	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeping	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 hand	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hand	nmod:poss
8	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hand	amod
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeping	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hills	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hills	det
12	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hand	conj
13	behind	behind	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 keeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		the sun		his right hand and the hills		behind him = he; west property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sun=Theme upon hand=Location

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