Exam question 1 · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries…

Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which Proserpina attempted to attract the attention of her mother?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Proserpina, mother · What happens: follow, describe, attempt, attract, attend · To what, where: manner, attention

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2070 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries Proserpina to his gloomy palace» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 attempted	obl
12	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 attempted	nsubj
13	attempted	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 manner	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 attract	mark
15	attract	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 attempted	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 attention	det
17	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 attract	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 mother	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 mother	nmod:poss
20	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 attention	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	attempt	past	Proserpina		the manner		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	attract not said to happen	to-infinitive	Proserpina not said here	the attention of Proserpina's mother			vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient
5	attend		Proserpina's mother				nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=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

She screamed loudly and repeatedly until her voice was reduced to a faint whisper and she could cry no more

The tree, 20 words

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 screamed	nsubj
2	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 screamed	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 repeatedly	cc
5	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	3 loudly	conj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 reduced	mark
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 voice	nmod:poss
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reduced	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 reduced	aux:pass
10	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 screamed	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 whisper	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 whisper	det
13	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 whisper	amod
14	whisper	whisper	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reduced	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 cry	cc
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 cry	nsubj
17	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 cry	aux
18	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 screamed	conj
19	no	no	ADV	_	20 more	advmod
20	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 cry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	past	She		loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reduce	past · passive		her voice	to a faint whisper goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to whisper=Goal
3	cry speech: express	could	she	more		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She screamed loudly until her voice was reduced to a whisper

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 screamed	nsubj
2	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 screamed	advmod
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 reduced	mark
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 voice	nmod:poss
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reduced	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reduced	aux:pass
8	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 screamed	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 whisper	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 whisper	det
11	whisper	whisper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	past	She					loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reduce	past · passive		her voice				to a whisper goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to whisper=Goal

Option 3

She shouted her mother's name over and over at the fields

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mother	nmod:poss
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 mother	case
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obj
7	over	over	ADV	_	2 shouted	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 over	cc
9	over	over	ADV	_	7 over	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 fields	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fields	det
12	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	She	her mother's name		the fields		over property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
2	name		her mother						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She climbed onto the chariot's rail and screamed loudly, hoping the wind would carry her voice to the far fields of grain below

The tree, 24 words

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 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 rail	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chariot	det
5	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rail	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 chariot	case
7	rail	rail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 screamed	cc
9	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 climbed	conj
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	9 screamed	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hoping	punct
12	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 climbed	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wind	det
14	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 carry	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 carry	aux
16	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 hoping	ccomp
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 voice	nmod:poss
18	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 carry	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	22 fields	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 fields	det
21	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 fields	amod
22	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 carry	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 grain	case
24	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 fields	nmod
25	below	below	ADV	_	24 grain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	climb	past	She		the chariot's rail		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto rail=Trajectory
2	scream speech: express	past	She not said here			loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hope	gerund	She not said here				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	carry	would	the wind	wind's voice	the far fields of grain		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent voice=Theme to field=Destination

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