Exam question 3 · Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6…

By what means did Tom first become aware of the dragon's intentions?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dragon · What happens: mean, become, intend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 638 «Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6: the dragon's birthday plot is revealed and the Princess is offered as a present» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 become	aux
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 become	advmod
7	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
8	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 become	xcomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 intentions	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dragon	det
11	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 intentions	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 dragon	case
13	intentions	intention	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 aware	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	become	past · do-support		aware, first property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	intend		the dragon		nom intention «cognition transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He observed a meaningful glance

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 observed	nsubj
2	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 glance	det
4	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 glance	amod
5	glance	glance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 observed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	past	He	a meaningful glance					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent glance=Topic

Option 2

He overheard a whispered plan

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 overheard	nsubj
2	overheard	overhear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 plan	det
4	whispered	whisper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 plan	amod
5	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 overheard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	past	He	a whispered plan					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus
2	whisper speech: assert	participle							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He noticed a sneaky wink

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 noticed	nsubj
2	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wink	det
4	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wink	amod
5	wink	wink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noticed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past	He	a sneaky wink					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wink=Stimulus

Option 4

He heard a rumour

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rumour	det
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	He	a rumour					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus

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