Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres se…

What reception did the menials extend to Ceres at the palace portals?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reception, menials · What happens: do, extend · To what, where: Ceres, palace portals

This is exam question 4 of lesson 2071 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres searches all night for her lost daughter» 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 reception	det
2	reception	reception	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 menials	det
5	menials	menial	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 extend	nsubj
6	extend	extend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Ceres	case
8	Ceres	Cere	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 extend	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 portals	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 portals	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 portals	compound
12	portals	portal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 extend	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	what reception						tree rules
2	extend	present	the menials		Ceres	the palace portals			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at portal=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

They bowed low and offered her a royal feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 bowed	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 offered	cc
5	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 offered	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 feast	det
8	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 feast	amod
9	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 offered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	They					low property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	offer	past	They not said here	a royal feast	her = she				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal feast=Theme

Option 2

They spoke harshly at first, then slammed the gate shut and set the guard dogs upon her

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	harshly	harshly	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 first	case
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 spoke	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 slammed	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 slammed	advmod
8	slammed	slam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spoke	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slammed	obj
11	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 slammed	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 set	cc
13	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 slammed	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dogs	det
15	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dogs	compound
16	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 set	obj
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 her	case
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	They			harshly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	slam	past		the gate	then	shut property	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient
3	set	infinitive		the guard dogs		upon her = she	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme upon she=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They spoke rudely and threatened her with dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rudely	rudely	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 threatened	cc
5	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spoke	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 threatened	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 dogs	case
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 threatened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	They					rudely property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	threaten	past	They not said here	her = she				with dogs	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They welcomed her warmly and gave her a bath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 welcomed	nsubj
2	welcomed	welcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 welcomed	obj
4	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	2 welcomed	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gave	cc
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 welcomed	conj
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bath	det
9	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	welcome	past	They	her = she				warmly property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	give	past	They not said here	a bath	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient bath=Theme

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