Exam question 3 · pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London,…

In what manner does the narrator describe the streets of London as they were imagined by the townsfolk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: narrator, townsfolk · What happens: describe, imagine · To what, where: streets, manner

This is exam question 3 of lesson 358 «pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London, buys a cat, sends it to sea, and turns back home» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 describe	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	nsubj
7	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 streets	det
9	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describe	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 London	case
11	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 streets	nmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 imagined	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 imagined	nsubj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 imagined	aux:pass
15	imagined	imagine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 describe	advcl
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 townsfolk	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 townsfolk	det
18	townsfolk	townsfolk	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 imagined	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · do-support	the narrator	the streets of London		what manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent street=Theme
2	imagine	past · passive	the townsfolk	streets = street					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme

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

As being paved with gold, peopled by gentlemen and ladies, and full of music

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	SCONJ	_	3 paved	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 paved	aux:pass
3	paved	pave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paved	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 peopled	punct
7	peopled	people	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 paved	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 gentlemen	case
9	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 peopled	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ladies	cc
11	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gentlemen	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 full	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 full	cc
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 paved	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 music	case
16	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pave	gerund · passive						with gold	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with gold=Theme
2	people	participle						by gentlemen and ladies	tree rules

Option 2

As being paved with silver and full of wealthy merchants and bells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	SCONJ	_	3 paved	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 paved	aux:pass
3	paved	pave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 silver	case
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paved	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 full	cc
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 paved	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 merchants	case
9	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 merchants	amod
10	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 full	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bells	cc
12	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 merchants	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pave	gerund · passive						with silver	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with silver=Theme

Option 3

As a paradise of gold and jewels, where every street shone and every person was rich and happy

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 paradise	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 paradise	det
3	paradise	paradise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paradise	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 jewels	cc
7	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paradise	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 shone	punct
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 shone	advmod
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 street	det
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shone	nsubj
12	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 paradise	acl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 rich	cc
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 person	det
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rich	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 rich	cop
17	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shone	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 happy	cc
19	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 rich	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	shine	participle	every street		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	every person	rich property	tree rules
3	be		every person not said here		tree rules

Option 4

As crowded with merchants, carts and noisy traders at every corner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	2 crowded	case
2	crowded	crowded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 merchants	case
4	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crowded	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 carts	punct
6	carts	cart	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 merchants	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 traders	cc
8	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 traders	amod
9	traders	trader	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 merchants	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 corner	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 corner	det
12	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crowded	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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