Exam question 1 · The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the young monarch was informed of his accession?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monarch · What happens: follow, describe, inform, accede · To what, where: manner, young monarch

This is exam question 1 of lesson 633 «The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is fetched from the nursery and made King» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 informed	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 monarch	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 monarch	amod
13	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 informed	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 informed	aux:pass
15	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 manner	acl:relcl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 accession	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 accession	nmod:poss
18	accession	accession	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 informed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	inform speech: other	past · passive		the young monarch	the manner	of monarch's accession	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of accession=Topic
4	accede		monarch				nom accession «process intransitive»: poss=agent

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

He was summoned from his nursery by two gentlemen in red robes, and then taken down to the library to be told the news formally

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 summoned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 summoned	aux:pass
3	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 nursery	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 nursery	nmod:poss
6	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 summoned	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 gentlemen	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 gentlemen	nummod
9	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 summoned	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 robes	case
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 robes	amod
12	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 summoned	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 taken	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 taken	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 taken	advmod
16	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 summoned	conj
17	down	down	ADP	_	16 taken	compound:prt
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 library	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 library	det
20	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 taken	obl
21	to	to	PART	_	23 told	mark
22	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 told	aux:pass
23	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 taken	advcl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 news	det
25	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 told	obj
26	formally	formally	ADV	_	23 told	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past · passive	two gentlemen	He	his nursery		in red robes	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	take down	participle	two gentlemen not said here			then	to the library	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive · passive	two gentlemen not said here	the news			formally property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: news=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was called by a servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	aux:pass
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 servant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive	a servant	He					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 3

He was informed in the library by a single footman in blue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 informed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 informed	aux:pass
3	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 library	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 library	det
6	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 footman	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 footman	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 footman	amod
10	footman	footman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informed	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 blue	case
12	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 footman	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	past · passive	a single footman in blue	He		the library			vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was summoned from his nursery by two gentlemen in red robes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 summoned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 summoned	aux:pass
3	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 nursery	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 nursery	nmod:poss
6	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 summoned	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 gentlemen	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 gentlemen	nummod
9	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 summoned	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 robes	case
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 robes	amod
12	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 summoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past · passive	two gentlemen	He		his nursery		in red robes	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

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