Exam question 3 · Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 14: Europa rides a s…
What is the immediate consequence of Europa mounting the bull's back?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: immediate consequence · What happens: be, mount · To what, where: immediate consequence, back
This is exam question 3 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 | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 consequence | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 consequence | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 consequence | det |
| 4 | immediate | immediate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 consequence | amod |
| 5 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Europa | case |
| 7 | Europa | Europa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 consequence | nmod |
| 8 | mounting | mount | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 consequence | acl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bull | det |
| 10 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 back | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 bull | case |
| 12 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mounting | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 consequence | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the immediate consequence | of Europa | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mount | gerund | the immediate consequence not said here | the bull's back | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Patient |
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 rises into the air and then gallops off to her brothers in the field
The tree, 15 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 rises | nsubj |
| 2 | rises | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 air | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 air | det |
| 5 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rises | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 gallops | cc |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 gallops | advmod |
| 8 | gallops | gallop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 rises | conj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 gallops | compound:prt |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 brothers | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 12 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 gallops | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 field | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 field | det |
| 15 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gallops | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | present | he | the air | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into air=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | gallop off | present | he not said here | the field | then | to her brothers result | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to brother=Result |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
he leaps and gallops to her brothers
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 leaps | nsubj |
| 2 | leaps | leap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 gallops | cc |
| 4 | gallops | gallop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 leaps | conj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 brothers | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gallops | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leap | present | he | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | gallop | present | he not said here | to her brothers result | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to brother=Result |
Option 3
he gallops toward the sea
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 gallops | nsubj |
| 2 | gallops | gallop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 5 sea | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gallops | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gallop | present | he | the sea | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward sea=Trajectory |
Option 4
he kneels, lifts up, and then races across the whole meadow to the boys
The tree, 14 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 kneels | nsubj |
| 2 | kneels | kneel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lifts | punct |
| 4 | lifts | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 kneels | conj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 lifts | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 races | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 races | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 races | advmod |
| 9 | races | race | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 kneels | conj |
| 10 | across | across | ADP | _ | 13 meadow | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 meadow | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 meadow | amod |
| 13 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 races | obl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 boys | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 boys | det |
| 16 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 races | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kneel | present | he | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | lift up | present | he not said here | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | race | present | he not said here | the whole meadow | then | to the boys | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across meadow=Trajectory |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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