Exam question 1 · Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from…
Which of the following is the correct answer regarding Stan's stratagem against the dragon?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, regard
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1771 «Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from a hundred children» 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 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 answer | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 answer | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 answer | case |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 answer | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 answer | det |
| 7 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 answer | amod |
| 8 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | regarding | regard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 stratagem | case |
| 10 | Stan | Stan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 stratagem | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Stan | case |
| 12 | stratagem | stratagem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 answer | nmod |
| 13 | against | against | ADP | _ | 15 dragon | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 dragon | det |
| 15 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stratagem | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | of the correct answer; regard Stan's stratagem against the dragon | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | regard | gerund | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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
He ran away fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 ran | advmod |
| 4 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 ran | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run away | past | He | away, fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He persuaded the dragon that he had a hundred children who would attack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 persuaded | nsubj |
| 2 | persuaded | persuade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 persuaded | obj |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 had | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 persuaded | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 children | det |
| 9 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 children | nummod |
| 10 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 had | obj |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 attack | nsubj |
| 12 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 attack | aux |
| 13 | attack | attack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 children | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | persuade | past | He | the dragon | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have | past | dragon | a hundred children | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | ||||
| 3 | attack | would | a hundred children | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He hid the gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 gold | det |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | He | the gold | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient |
Option 4
He persuaded the dragon that his hundred cows would stampede
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 persuaded | nsubj |
| 2 | persuaded | persuade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 persuaded | obj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 stampede | obj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 cows | nmod:poss |
| 7 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 cows | nummod |
| 8 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 stampede | nsubj |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 stampede | aux |
| 10 | stampede | stampede | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 dragon | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | persuade | past | He | the dragon | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient | ||||
| 2 | stampede | would | dragon's hundred cows | the dragon | tree rules |
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