Exam question 2 · Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from…
Which of the following accurately describes the dragon's conduct when the children approached?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dragon · What happens: follow, describe, approach, conduct · To what, where: conduct, children
This is exam question 2 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 | 4 following | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 following | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 describes | advmod |
| 6 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 following | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dragon | det |
| 8 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 dragon | case |
| 10 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | obj |
| 11 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 approached | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 children | det |
| 13 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 approached | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | approached | approach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 describes | advcl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | 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 | describe | present | the dragon's conduct | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme | ||||
| 3 | approach | participle · passive | the children | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | conduct | the dragon | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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
He seized the sacks in anger and then charged at the children
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 seized | nsubj |
| 2 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sacks | det |
| 4 | sacks | sack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 seized | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 anger | case |
| 6 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 seized | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 charged | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 charged | advmod |
| 9 | charged | charge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 seized | conj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 children | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 children | det |
| 12 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 charged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | past | He | the sacks | anger | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme | |||
| 2 | charge | participle | He not said here | then | at the children | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at child=Trajectory |
Option 2
He dropped the sacks in terror and ran to the mountains
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 dropped | nsubj |
| 2 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sacks | det |
| 4 | sacks | sack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 dropped | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 terror | case |
| 6 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dropped | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ran | cc |
| 8 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 dropped | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 mountains | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 mountains | det |
| 11 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | past | He | the sacks | terror | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme in terror=Destination | |||
| 2 | run | past | He not said here | to the mountains result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mountain=Result |
Option 3
He released the sacks from fright and then fled from the district without looking back at the cave
The tree, 18 words
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 released | nsubj |
| 2 | released | release | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sacks | det |
| 4 | sacks | sack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 released | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 fright | case |
| 6 | fright | fright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 released | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fled | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 fled | advmod |
| 9 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 released | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 district | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 district | det |
| 12 | district | district | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fled | obl |
| 13 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 14 looking | mark |
| 14 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 fled | advcl |
| 15 | back | back | ADV | _ | 14 looking | advmod |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 cave | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 cave | det |
| 18 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 looking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | past | He | the sacks | fright | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer sack=Source | |||
| 2 | flee | past | He not said here | the district | then | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from district=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | look back | gerund | He not said here | at the cave | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at cave=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He released the sacks from fright and then fled from the district
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 released | nsubj |
| 2 | released | release | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sacks | det |
| 4 | sacks | sack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 released | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 fright | case |
| 6 | fright | fright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 released | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fled | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 fled | advmod |
| 9 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 released | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 district | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 district | det |
| 12 | district | district | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | past | He | the sacks | fright | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer sack=Source | |||
| 2 | flee | past | He not said here | the district | then | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from district=Initial_Location |
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