Exam question 4 · Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 14: Europa rides a s…
How does King Agenor respond when his sons bring him the news?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sons · What happens: do, bring · To what, where: King respond, news, him
This is exam question 4 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 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 does | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 respond | compound |
| 4 | Agenor | Agenor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 King | flat |
| 5 | respond | respond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 bring | mark |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 sons | nmod:poss |
| 8 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 bring | nsubj |
| 9 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 does | advcl |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bring | obj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 news | det |
| 12 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bring | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | King respond | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | bring | present | his sons | the news | him = he | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination news=Theme |
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 right answer
he is overcome with grief and rage
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 overcome | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 overcome | aux:pass |
| 3 | overcome | overcome | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 grief | case |
| 5 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 overcome | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 rage | cc |
| 7 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grief | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overcome | present · passive | he | with grief and rage | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
he sends his guards out to search the entire coast for her immediately
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 sends | nsubj |
| 2 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 guards | nmod:poss |
| 4 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sends | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 sends | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 search | mark |
| 7 | search | search | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sends | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 coast | det |
| 9 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 coast | amod |
| 10 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 search | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 her | case |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 search | obl |
| 13 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 7 search | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send out | present | he | his guards | out property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Theme | |||
| 2 | search | to-infinitive | he not said here | the entire coast | for her = she; immediately property | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent coast=Location for she=Theme |
Option 3
he is filled with sorrow and fury
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 filled | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 filled | aux:pass |
| 3 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 sorrow | case |
| 5 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 filled | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fury | cc |
| 7 | fury | fury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sorrow | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | present · passive | he | with sorrow and fury | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with sorrow=Instrument |
Option 4
he falls to the ground and cries out to the gods for help and mercy
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 falls | nsubj |
| 2 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 ground | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ground | det |
| 5 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 falls | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cries | cc |
| 7 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 falls | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 cries | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 gods | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 gods | det |
| 11 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cries | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 help | case |
| 13 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cries | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 mercy | cc |
| 15 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 help | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | he | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cry out speech: express | present | he not said here | the gods | for help and mercy | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to god=Recipient |
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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