Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 28: Proserpi…

State the rank and attributes of the stranger who appeared from the cavity in the earth.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, stranger · What happens: state, attribute, appear · To what, where: rank, cavity

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rank	det
3	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 attributes	cc
5	attributes	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 State	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 stranger	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stranger	det
8	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attributes	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 appeared	nsubj
10	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stranger	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 cavity	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cavity	det
13	cavity	cavity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appeared	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 earth	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 earth	det
16	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appeared	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the rank			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent rank=Topic
2	attribute	present	you not said here			of the stranger	tree rules
3	appear	past	the stranger		the cavity	in the earth	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in earth=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

A stranger in a crown of diamonds, a lord of the deep earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 crown	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crown	det
5	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stranger	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 diamonds	case
7	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 crown	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lord	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lord	det
10	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stranger	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 earth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 earth	det
13	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 earth	amod
14	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lord	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crown			diamonds					nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A king with a crown of diamonds, ruler of precious stones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ruler	nmod:poss
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 crown	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crown	det
5	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 king	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 diamonds	case
7	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 crown	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 king	punct
9	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 stones	case
11	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stones	amod
12	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ruler	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crown			diamonds					nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A stranger with a crown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 crown	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crown	det
5	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stranger	nmod

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

Option 4

A king with a crown of gold, master of the gems below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 crown	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crown	det
5	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 king	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crown	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 master	punct
9	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 king	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 gems	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gems	det
12	gems	gem	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 master	nmod
13	below	below	ADV	_	12 gems	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crown			gold					nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient

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