Exam question 2 · Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 14: Europa rides a s…

What reason does the narrator give for Europa's initial alarm?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, Europa · What happens: give, alarm

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2055 «Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 14: Europa rides a snow-white bull into the sea» 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj:outer
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 give	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrator	det
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 alarm	case
8	Europa	Europa	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 alarm	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Europa	case
10	initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 alarm	amod
11	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · do-support	what reason					for Europa's initial alarm	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for alarm=Asset
2	alarm		Europa						nom alarm «feeling 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

the bull had been running across the field toward the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bull	det
2	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 running	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 running	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 running	aux
5	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 running	obl
9	toward	toward	ADP	_	11 water	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past · perfect · progressive	the bull			the field		toward the water	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across field=Trajectory

Option 2

the bull's loud, sudden noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bull	det
2	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 noise	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 bull	case
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 noise	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 loud	punct
6	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 noise	amod
7	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	noise		the bull						nom noise «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the suddenness of her perception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 suddenness	det
2	suddenness	suddenness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 perception	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 perception	nmod:poss
5	perception	perception	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suddenness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive		her = she						nom perception «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

her fear of the strange animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 fear	nmod:poss
2	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 animal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animal	det
5	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animal	amod
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear		her = she	the strange animal					nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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