Exam question 4 · Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25: Ulysses goes alone t…

Specify the means by which Quicksilver departs from Ulysses's presence.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, Quicksilver · What happens: specify, mean, depart · To what, where: presence

This is exam question 4 of lesson 2066 «Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25: Ulysses goes alone to the palace and Quicksilver gives him a magic flower» 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Specify	ccomp
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 departs	mark
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 Quicksilver	det
6	Quicksilver	quicksilver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 departs	nsubj
7	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	advcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 presence	case
9	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 presence	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Ulysses	case
11	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 departs	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	depart	present	which Quicksilver	Ulysses's presence	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from presence=Initial_Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

By means of winged apparel and a staff.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 means	case
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 apparel	case
4	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 apparel	amod
5	apparel	apparel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 staff	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 staff	det
8	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 apparel	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						of winged apparel and a staff	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	wing	participle							vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

By wings on his shoes and cap.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 wings	case
2	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 shoes	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 shoes	nmod:poss
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wings	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cap	cc
7	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shoes	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wings	punct

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

Option 3

By a winged hat and a magic rod.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 hat	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hat	det
3	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hat	amod
4	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rod	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rod	det
7	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rod	amod
8	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hat	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wing	participle							vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

By walking away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 walking	mark
2	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 walking	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk away	gerund						away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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