Exam question 2 · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f…

According to the passage, what was the principal reason the palace remained unfinished when the workmen retired to rest?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, palace, workmen · What happens: accord, be, remain, retire, rest · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reason	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 reason	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reason	det
9	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reason	amod
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palace	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remained	nsubj
13	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	acl:relcl
14	unfinished	unfinished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 remained	xcomp
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 retired	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 workmen	det
17	workmen	workman	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 retired	nsubj
18	retired	retire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 remained	advcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 rest	mark
20	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 retired	xcomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the passage and the principal reason	the principal reason		tree rules
3	remain	past	the palace	the principal reason not said here	unfinished property	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reason=Attribute
4	retire	past	the workmen			tree rules
5	rest	to-infinitive	the workmen not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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

The builders had reserved it for last, intending to introduce new architectural improvements.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 builders	det
2	builders	builder	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reserved	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reserved	aux
4	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reserved	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 last	case
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reserved	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 intending	punct
9	intending	intend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 reserved	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 introduce	mark
11	introduce	introduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 intending	xcomp
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 improvements	amod
13	architectural	architectural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 improvements	amod
14	improvements	improvement	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 introduce	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reserved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reserve	past · perfect · passive	the builders	for last	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary it=Theme
2	intend	gerund			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	introduce not said to happen	to-infinitive	new architectural improvements		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent improvement=Patient

Option 2

The soldiers were too tired to finish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tired	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tired	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 tired	advmod
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 finish	mark
7	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tired	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the soldiers					tired property	tree rules
2	finish	to-infinitive	the soldiers not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The workmen had been told by the gods to leave the palace unfinished until the next spring.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 workmen	det
2	workmen	workman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 gods	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gods	det
8	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 leave	mark
10	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palace	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leave	obj
13	unfinished	unfinished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leave	xcomp
14	until	until	ADP	_	17 spring	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 spring	det
16	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 spring	amod
17	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leave	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive	the gods	the workmen					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive		the palace			spring	unfinished property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme

Option 4

The workmen had no time left in the day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 workmen	det
2	workmen	workman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 time	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the workmen				time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	leave	participle		no time not said here			day		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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