Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, part 1: the Princess is c…

According to the passage, what was the precise nature of the ruby's conclusion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage · What happens: accord, be, conclude · To what, where: precise nature, ruby

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1706 «Fairy Book, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, part 1: the Princess is carried off, meets the Rainbow, and breaks a bottle» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 nature	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 nature	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 nature	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nature	det
9	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nature	amod
10	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 conclusion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ruby	det
13	ruby	ruby	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conclusion	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 ruby	case
15	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nature	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the passage and the precise nature	the precise nature	of the ruby's conclusion	tree rules
3	conclude			the ruby		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=patient

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

It glowed red and then faded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 glowed	nsubj
2	glowed	glow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 glowed	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 faded	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 faded	advmod
6	faded	fade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 glowed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow	past	It					red property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fade	past					then		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It split apart with a loud noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 split	nsubj
2	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	apart	apart	ADV	_	2 split	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 noise	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 noise	det
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 noise	amod
7	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 split	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	It					with a loud noise; apart property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with noise=Instrument

Option 3

It split apart with a loud noise and scattered red light across the whole room

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 split	nsubj
2	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	apart	apart	ADV	_	2 split	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 noise	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 noise	det
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 noise	amod
7	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 split	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 scattered	cc
9	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 split	conj
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 light	amod
11	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 scattered	obj
12	across	across	ADP	_	15 room	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 room	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 room	amod
15	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 scattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	It					with a loud noise; apart property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with noise=Instrument
2	scatter	past		red light		the whole room			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent light=Theme

Option 4

It turned into a bright blue flame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	7 flame	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 flame	det
5	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 flame	amod
6	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 flame	amod
7	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	It			a bright blue flame			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into flame=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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