Exam question 2 · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes…

To what extent does the narrator attribute Ceres's physical decline to the duration of her grief and wandering?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: extent, Ceres · What happens: do, wonder, decline · To what, where: narrator attribute

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2073 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attribute	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	compound
7	attribute	attribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	Ceres	Ceres	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 decline	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Ceres	case
10	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 decline	amod
11	decline	decline	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	appos
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 duration	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 duration	det
14	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 decline	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 grief	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 grief	nmod:poss
17	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 duration	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 wandering	cc
19	wandering	wonder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 grief	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	extent	the narrator attribute		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attribute=Eventuality
2	wonder speech: ask	gerund	extent not said here			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	decline		Ceres		to the duration of extent's grief	nom decline «process intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

She grows elderly in a very brief time, as a consequence of her sorrow

The tree, 14 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 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	elderly	elderly	ADV	_	2 grows	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 time	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 brief	advmod
7	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 consequence	punct
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 consequence	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 consequence	det
12	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	parataxis
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 sorrow	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 sorrow	nmod:poss
15	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	She				time	elderly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sorrow		her = she						nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She grows weary as her wandering continues slowly

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 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grows	xcomp
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 continues	mark
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wandering	nmod:poss
6	wandering	wandering	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 continues	nsubj
7	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grows	advcl
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	7 continues	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	grow	present	She	weary property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	continue	present	her wandering	slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wander		her = she		nom wandering «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She grows elderly in a very brief time, as a consequence of the curse Pluto placed upon her by the river at dawn

The tree, 23 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 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	elderly	elderly	ADV	_	2 grows	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 time	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 brief	advmod
7	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 placed	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 placed	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 consequence	det
12	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 placed	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 curse	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 curse	det
15	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 consequence	nmod
16	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 curse	appos
17	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grows	conj
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 her	case
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 placed	obl
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 river	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 river	det
22	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 placed	obl
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 dawn	case
24	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	She				time	elderly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	place	past	a consequence of the curse				dawn	upon Pluto; by the river	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon she=Destination

Option 4

She becomes aged in a short span from her sadness

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	3 aged	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 aged	aux:pass
3	aged	age	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 span	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 span	det
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 span	amod
7	span	span	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 aged	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 sadness	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sadness	nmod:poss
10	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 span	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	age	present · passive		She		a short span from her sadness			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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