Exam question 1 · Book of Tales, The Inchcape Rock: Ralph the Rover cuts the…

Which of the following describes the location of the Inchcape Rock, as recorded in the account?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, record · To what, where: location, account

This is exam question 1 of lesson 357 «Book of Tales, The Inchcape Rock: Ralph the Rover cuts the abbot's buoy bell and his own ship is wrecked on the rock» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 location	det
7	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Rock	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rock	det
10	Inchcape	Inchcape	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Rock	compound
11	Rock	Rock	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 location	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 recorded	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 recorded	mark
14	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 describes	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 account	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 account	det
17	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 recorded	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the location of the Inchcape Rock		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme
3	record	participle		the account	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in account=Destination

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

It stands in the Atlantic, ten miles from any coast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stands	nsubj
2	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 Atlantic	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Atlantic	det
5	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 stands	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 miles	punct
7	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 miles	nummod
8	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Atlantic	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 coast	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 coast	det
11	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 miles	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stands	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	It			the Atlantic and ten miles from any coast			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in atlantic=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It lies in the North Sea, twelve miles from any land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lies	nsubj
2	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 Sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sea	det
5	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Sea	compound
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lies	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 miles	punct
8	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 miles	nummod
9	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Sea	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 land	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 land	det
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 miles	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	It			the North Sea and twelve miles from any land			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sea=Location

Option 3

It lies in the North Sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lies	nsubj
2	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 Sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sea	det
5	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Sea	compound
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lies	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	It			the North Sea			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sea=Location

Option 4

It lies in the Irish Sea, nine miles from the shore.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lies	nsubj
2	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 Sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sea	det
5	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Sea	amod
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lies	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 miles	punct
8	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 miles	nummod
9	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Sea	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 shore	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shore	det
12	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 miles	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	It			the Irish Sea and nine miles from the shore			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sea=Location

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