Exam question 3 · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f…

With regard to the passage, what did Cadmus first mistakenly believe the approaching female figure to be?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage · What happens: do, believe, approach · To what, where: Cadmus

This is exam question 3 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 regard	case
2	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regard	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 passage	acl:relcl
9	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 did	advmod
11	mistakenly	mistakenly	ADV	_	12 believe	advmod
12	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 did	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 figure	det
14	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 figure	amod
15	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 figure	amod
16	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 believe	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 be	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 figure	acl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 regard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	the passage	Cadmus	first property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cadmus=Eventuality
2	believe	present	the passage not said here		mistakenly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	approach	gerund				vn escape-51.1-1 «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

His long-lost sister Europa, grown to womanhood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sister	nmod:poss
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sister	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sister	amod
5	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	Europa	Europa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sister	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grown	punct
8	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sister	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 womanhood	case
10	womanhood	womanhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grown	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sister	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	grow	participle		His long lost sister not said here				to womanhood	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

His cousin Europa, come back from Crete.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	nsubj
3	Europa	Europa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cousin	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Crete	case
8	Crete	Crete	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	infinitive	His cousin			Crete			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from crete=Initial_Location

Option 3

A nymph of the nearby spring.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 nymph	det
2	nymph	nymph	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 spring	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spring	det
5	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spring	amod
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nymph	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nymph	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

His mother, grown old.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mother	nmod:poss
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grown	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 mother	punct
4	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grown	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle	His mother					old property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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