Exam question 3 · pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29: Florea meets a thre…

Which of the following accurately describes the dragon encountered by Florea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, encounter · To what, where: dragon

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1778 «pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29: Florea meets a three-headed dragon at the bridge» 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	6 describes	obj
9	encountered	encounter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 dragon	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 Florea	case
11	Florea	Florea	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 encountered	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the dragon	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme
3	encounter	participle	the dragon not said here	by Florea	vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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 had one head and three open mouths

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 head	nummod
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 mouths	cc
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 mouths	nummod
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mouths	amod
8	mouths	mouth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 head	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	It	one head and three open mouths					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Option 2

It was a huge snake

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	5 snake	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 snake	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 snake	det
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 snake	amod
5	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a huge snake					tree rules

Option 3

It possessed two heads and a golden tail

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 possessed	nsubj
2	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 heads	nummod
4	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possessed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tail	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tail	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tail	amod
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heads	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	past	It	two heads and a golden tail					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot head=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It possessed three heads and three open mouths

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 possessed	nsubj
2	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 heads	nummod
4	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possessed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 mouths	cc
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 mouths	nummod
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mouths	amod
8	mouths	mouth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heads	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	past	It	three heads and three open mouths					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot head=Theme

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