Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays…

What evidence shows that Telephassa's resolve had weakened by the close of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: evidence, resolve · What happens: show, weaken · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» 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 evidence	det
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 weakened	mark
5	Telephassa	Telephassa	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 resolve	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Telephassa	case
7	resolve	resolve	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weakened	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 weakened	aux
9	weakened	weaken	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 shows	ccomp
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 close	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 close	det
12	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weakened	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 narrative	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrative	det
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 close	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	what evidence						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	weaken	past · perfect	Telephassa's resolve					by the close of the narrative	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

She said she had lost faith and walked on slowly with her companions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lost	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 said	ccomp
6	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 walked	cc
8	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
9	on	on	ADV	_	8 walked	advmod
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 walked	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 companions	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 companions	nmod:poss
13	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	past · perfect	she	faith		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Eventuality
3	walk on	past	She not said here		with her companions; slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She confessed her hopes were growing faint and walked with less alacrity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 confessed	nsubj
2	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hopes	nmod:poss
4	hopes	hope	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 growing	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 growing	aux
6	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 confessed	ccomp
7	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 growing	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 walked	cc
9	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 confessed	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 alacrity	case
11	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 alacrity	amod
12	alacrity	alacrity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	confess	past	She		vn confess-37.10 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	grow	past · progressive	her hopes	faint property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	walk	past	She not said here	with less alacrity	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hope		her = she		nom hope «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She gave up walking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 gave	compound:prt
4	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 gave	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	past	She						tree rules
2	walk	gerund	She not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She wept and sat down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sat	cc
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 sat	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	She						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sit down	past	She not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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