Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the…
In what manner did the conjurer depart from the castle upon the breaking of the enchantment?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: conjurer · What happens: do, depart · To what, where: manner, castle
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1959 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the captives, beats the two-headed giant Thunderdell, then wins a duke's daughter from a giant and conjurer» 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 conjurer | det |
| 6 | conjurer | conjurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 depart | nsubj |
| 7 | depart | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | ccomp |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 castle | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 castle | det |
| 10 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 depart | obl |
| 11 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 13 breaking | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 breaking | det |
| 13 | breaking | breaking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 castle | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 enchantment | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 enchantment | det |
| 16 | enchantment | enchantment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 breaking | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | what manner | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | depart | present | the conjurer | the castle upon the breaking of the enchantment | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from castle=Initial_Location |
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 was carried by a cloud of smoke
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 | 3 carried | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 carried | aux:pass |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 cloud | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cloud | det |
| 6 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 smoke | case |
| 8 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cloud | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past · passive | a cloud of smoke | He | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cloud | smoke | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
He was dragged down into the earth
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 | 3 dragged | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dragged | aux:pass |
| 3 | dragged | drag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 dragged | compound:prt |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 earth | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 earth | det |
| 7 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dragged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag down | past · passive | He | the earth | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He was borne away by a whirlwind into the air
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 | 3 borne | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 borne | aux:pass |
| 3 | borne | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 borne | advmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 whirlwind | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 whirlwind | det |
| 7 | whirlwind | whirlwind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 borne | obl |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 air | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 air | det |
| 10 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 borne | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear away | past · passive | a whirlwind | He | the air | away property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 4
He walked out of the castle gate slowly with his head bowed low and was never seen again
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 walked | nsubj |
| 2 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 gate | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gate | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gate | det |
| 6 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gate | compound |
| 7 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walked | obl |
| 8 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 2 walked | advmod |
| 9 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 12 bowed | mark |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 head | nmod:poss |
| 11 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bowed | nsubj |
| 12 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 walked | advcl |
| 13 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 bowed | xcomp |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 seen | cc |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 seen | aux:pass |
| 16 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 17 seen | advmod |
| 17 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 walked | conj |
| 18 | again | again | ADV | _ | 17 seen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk out | past | He | the castle gate | slowly property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Attribute | |||
| 2 | bow | past | his head | low property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not see | past · passive | He not said here | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |
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