Exam question 3 · Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dra…
Which feature of the purple dragon is described by means of a comparison to a toadstool?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: describe, mean, feature · To what, where: feature, purple dragon
This is exam question 3 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 feature | det |
| 2 | feature | feature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 described | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 dragon | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dragon | det |
| 5 | purple | purple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dragon | amod |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feature | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 described | aux:pass |
| 8 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 means | case |
| 10 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 described | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 comparison | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 comparison | det |
| 13 | comparison | comparison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 means | obl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 toadstool | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 toadstool | det |
| 16 | toadstool | toadstool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 comparison | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 described | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present · passive | which feature of the purple dragon | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | of a comparison to a toadstool | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | feature | the purple dragon | nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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 thick round body near its tail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 body | det |
| 2 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 body | amod |
| 3 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 body | amod |
| 4 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 7 tail | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tail | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 body | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Its great spiky head and neck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 head | nmod:poss |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 head | amod |
| 3 | spiky | spiky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 head | amod |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 neck | cc |
| 6 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 head | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Its wings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 wings | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Its head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 head | nmod:poss |
| 2 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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