Exam question 4 · A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason…

Describe the manner in which the old woman departed from Jason upon the far bank of the river.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, depart · To what, where: manner, old woman, Jason

This is exam question 4 of lesson 2077 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason carries an old woman across a river and loses a sandal» 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	_	8 woman	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 woman	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woman	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	amod
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
9	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 woman	acl
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 Jason	case
11	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 departed	obl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 bank	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bank	det
14	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bank	amod
15	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 departed	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 river	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 river	det
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bank	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner				in the old woman	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	depart	participle		the old woman not said here		Jason		upon the far bank of the river	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from jason=Initial_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

She departed slowly with a hobbling gait, glancing back and smiling at him before she turned onto the path to the hills

The tree, 22 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 departed	nsubj
2	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 departed	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 gait	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gait	det
6	hobbling	hobble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 gait	amod
7	gait	gait	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 departed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 glancing	punct
9	glancing	glance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 turned	advcl
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 glancing	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 smiling	cc
12	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 turned	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 smiling	obl
15	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 turned	mark
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 turned	nsubj
17	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 departed	parataxis
18	onto	onto	ADP	_	20 path	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 path	det
20	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 turned	obl
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 hills	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 hills	det
23	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	depart	past	She		with a hobbling gait; slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hobble	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	glance back	gerund	she not said here			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	smile	gerund	she not said here		at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	turn	past	she	the path	to the hills	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme onto path=Source to hill=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She departed slowly with a hobbling gait, glancing back and smiling at him

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 departed	nsubj
2	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 departed	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 gait	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gait	det
6	hobbling	hobble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 gait	amod
7	gait	gait	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 departed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 glancing	punct
9	glancing	glance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 departed	advcl
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 glancing	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 smiling	cc
12	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 glancing	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 smiling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	depart	past	She	with a hobbling gait; slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hobble	gerund			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	glance back	gerund	She not said here		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	smile	gerund	She not said here	at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She stepped into a boat and drifted away without a word or a glance

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 stepped	nsubj
2	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 boat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boat	det
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stepped	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 drifted	cc
7	drifted	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stepped	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 drifted	advmod
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 word	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 word	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drifted	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 glance	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 glance	det
14	glance	glance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 word	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	past	She			a boat			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into boat=Destination
2	drift away	past	She not said here					without a word or a glance; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She walked slowly off along the path, pausing once to turn towards him

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 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 off	advmod
4	off	off	ADV	_	2 walked	advmod
5	along	along	ADP	_	7 path	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 path	det
7	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pausing	punct
9	pausing	pause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 walked	advcl
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 pausing	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 turn	mark
12	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 pausing	advcl
13	towards	towards	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	walk	past	She	the path	off property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along path=Trajectory
2	pause	gerund	She not said here		once property	vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3	turn	to-infinitive	She not said here		towards him = he	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards he=Trajectory

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