Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 28: Proserpi…

Describe the manner in which the shrub was removed from the earth and the consequence which followed upon its removal.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, consequence, shrub · What happens: describe, remove, follow · To what, where: manner, shrub, removal

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2069 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 28: Proserpina pulls up a strange shrub and is carried off by Pluto» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 removed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shrub	det
7	shrub	shrub	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 removed	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 removed	aux:pass
9	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 earth	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 earth	det
12	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 removed	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 consequence	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 consequence	det
15	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 earth	conj
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 followed	nsubj
17	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 consequence	acl:relcl
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 removal	case
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 removal	nmod:poss
20	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 followed	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	remove	past · passive		the shrub	the manner	from the earth and the consequence	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from earth=Source
3	follow	past	the consequence		shrub's removal		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon removal=Location
4	remove		shrub				nom removal «act transitive»: poss=agent

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 yanked it out and the earth cracked open

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 yanked	nsubj
2	yanked	yank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 yanked	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 yanked	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cracked	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 earth	det
7	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cracked	nsubj
8	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yanked	conj
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cracked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yank out	past	She	it					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	crack	past	the earth					open property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She pulled it up by the roots, causing a hole to open

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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pulled	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 pulled	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 roots	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roots	det
7	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulled	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 causing	punct
9	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pulled	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hole	det
11	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 causing	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 open	mark
13	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 causing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pull up	past	She	it	by the roots	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	cause	gerund	She not said here	a hole		tree rules
3	open	to-infinitive	a hole not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She tugged it free and the ground split

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 tugged	nsubj
2	tugged	tug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tugged	obj
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tugged	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 split	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 split	det
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 split	compound
8	split	split	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tugged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tug	past	She	it				free property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

She dug it out with her bare hands, opening a pit

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 dug	nsubj
2	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dug	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 dug	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 hands	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hands	nmod:poss
7	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hands	amod
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dug	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 opening	punct
10	opening	open	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dug	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pit	det
12	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 opening	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig out	past	She	it				with her bare hands	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with hand=Instrument
2	open	gerund	She not said here	a pit					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pit=Theme

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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