Exam question 1 · Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dra…
Which of the following is the reason, as stated in the passage, that Tom went out at dawn?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom · What happens: follow, be, state, go out · To what, where: reason, passage
This is exam question 1 of lesson 637 «Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dragon and the prize is eaten» 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 | 7 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 reason | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 reason | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 reason | case |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 reason | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 reason | det |
| 7 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stated | punct |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 stated | mark |
| 10 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 reason | acl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 passage | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 passage | det |
| 13 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stated | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 went | punct |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 went | mark |
| 16 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 went | nsubj |
| 17 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 stated | conj |
| 18 | out | out | ADP | _ | 17 went | compound:prt |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 dawn | case |
| 20 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 went | obl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | of the reason | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | state speech: other | participle | the reason not said here | the passage | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | go out | past | Tom | dawn | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=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 wished to see the dragon's large wing
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 | 2 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 see | mark |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dragon | det |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wing | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 dragon | case |
| 8 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 wing | amod |
| 9 | wing | wing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | He | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the dragon's large wing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wing=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He wanted to check the old ships
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 | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 check | mark |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ships | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ships | amod |
| 7 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 check | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | check not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the old ships | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme |
Option 3
He wished to ascertain whether the dragon had eaten the lapdog and the buns
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 | 2 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 ascertain | mark |
| 4 | ascertain | ascertain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 9 eaten | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dragon | det |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 eaten | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 eaten | aux |
| 9 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ascertain | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lapdog | det |
| 11 | lapdog | lapdog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 eaten | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 buns | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 buns | det |
| 14 | buns | bun | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wished | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | He | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ascertain not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | eat | past · perfect · passive | the dragon | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He wished to ascertain the cause of the barking
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 | 2 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 ascertain | mark |
| 4 | ascertain | ascertain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cause | det |
| 6 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ascertain | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 barking | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 barking | det |
| 9 | barking | barking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cause | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | He | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ascertain not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the cause of the barking | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | cause | the barking | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
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