Exam question 2 · Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dra…

According to the passage, what became of the History of Rotundia after it fell from the Lord Chief Schoolmaster's pocket?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, History · What happens: accord, become, fall · To what, where: pocket

This is exam question 2 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 became	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 became	nsubj
7	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 passage	acl:relcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 History	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 History	det
10	History	History	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 became	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Rotundia	case
12	Rotundia	Rotundia	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 History	nmod
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 fell	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fell	nsubj
15	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 became	advcl
16	from	from	ADP	_	22 pocket	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Schoolmaster	det
18	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Chief	compound
19	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Schoolmaster	compound
20	Schoolmaster	Schoolmaster	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 pocket	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 Schoolmaster	case
22	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fell	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	become	past	the passage		of the History of Rotundia	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	fall	past	History	the Chief Schoolmaster's pocket		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from pocket=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

It was picked up and returned to the Schoolmaster later on

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	3 picked	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 picked	aux:pass
3	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 picked	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 returned	cc
6	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 picked	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Schoolmaster	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Schoolmaster	det
9	Schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 returned	obl
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 picked	advmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	3 picked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	past · passive		It				late property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	return	past						to the Schoolmaster result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to schoolmaster=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It was swallowed whole by the dragon after he sniffed it closely

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	3 swallowed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swallowed	aux:pass
3	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swallowed	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 dragon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dragon	det
7	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swallowed	obl:agent
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 sniffed	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sniffed	nsubj
10	sniffed	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swallowed	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sniffed	obj
12	closely	closely	ADV	_	10 sniffed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	past · passive	the dragon	It				whole property	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	sniff	past	dragon	it				closely property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was consumed by the dragon

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	3 consumed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	aux:pass
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 dragon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dragon	det
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past · passive	the dragon	It					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset

Option 4

The dog chewed it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chewed	nsubj
3	chewed	chew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chewed	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 chewed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew up	past	the dog	it					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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