Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with…

Which of the following is the best description of the manner in which the bridal procession proceeded toward the church?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, proceed · To what, where: bridal procession

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1562 «Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with two tricks and a second horse» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 description	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 description	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 description	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 description	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 description	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 description	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 description	amod
8	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 manner	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 manner	det
11	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 description	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	16 procession	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 procession	nsubj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 procession	det
15	bridal	bridal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 procession	amod
16	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 manner	nmod
17	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 procession	acl
18	toward	toward	ADP	_	20 church	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 church	det
20	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 proceeded	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 description	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the best description; of the manner in the bridal procession	tree rules
3	proceed	participle	the bridal procession not said here	toward the church	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: 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 proceeded on foot behind the horses

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 proceeded	nsubj
2	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 foot	case
4	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proceeded	obl
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 horses	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horses	det
7	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 proceeded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	past	they			foot		behind the horses	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 2

both rode the same horse together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	both	both	CCONJ	_	2 rode	cc:preconj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horse	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 horse	amod
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obj
6	together	together	ADV	_	2 rode	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past		the same horse				together property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the youth rode Dapplegrim while the Princess rode the other horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	nsubj
3	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Dapplegrim	Dapplegrim	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rode	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 rode	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Princess	det
7	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 rode	nsubj
8	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rode	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 horse	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 horse	amod
11	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rode	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	the youth	Dapplegrim					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dapplegrim=Theme
2	ride	past	the Princess	the other horse					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 4

both travelled in the royal carriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 travelled	nsubj
2	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 carriage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 carriage	det
5	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 carriage	amod
6	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	past	both			the royal carriage			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in carriage=Trajectory

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