Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his frien…

What is the final circumstance in which Drakestail is found at the close of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: final circumstance · What happens: be, find · To what, where: Drakestail, final circumstance

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1551 «Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his friends to get back what the King owes him» 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	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 circumstance	det
4	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 circumstance	amod
5	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 found	obl
8	Drakestail	Drakestail	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 found	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 found	aux:pass
10	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 circumstance	acl:relcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 close	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 close	det
13	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 found	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 narrative	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 close	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the final circumstance						tree rules
2	find	present · passive		Drakestail		the final circumstance		at the close of the narrative	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at close=Asset

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

Resting on the throne in the palace hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 throne	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 throne	det
4	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Resting	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 hall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hall	compound
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Resting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	gerund				the throne		in the palace hall	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on throne=Location

Option 2

Standing beside the empty throne as the crowds cheer and bow down before him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	beside	beside	ADP	_	5 throne	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 throne	det
4	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 throne	amod
5	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Standing	obl
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 cheer	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crowds	det
8	crowds	crowd	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cheer	nsubj
9	cheer	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Standing	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bow	cc
11	bow	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cheer	conj
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 bow	compound:prt
13	before	before	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	stand	gerund		the empty throne		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside throne=Location
2	cheer	present	the crowds			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	bow down	present	the crowds not said here		before him = he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Seated upon the throne, acclaimed by the people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 throne	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 throne	det
4	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seated	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 acclaimed	punct
6	acclaimed	acclaim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 throne	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 people	det
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 acclaimed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seat	participle						upon the throne	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
2	acclaim	participle		the throne not said here				by the people	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Crowned and seated on the royal throne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crowned	crown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 seated	cc
3	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Crowned	conj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 throne	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 throne	det
6	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 throne	amod
7	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Crowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crown	participle				the royal throne			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	seat	participle							vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

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