Exam question 4 · Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6…

With what object did Tom attract the Princess's attention on the morning of her birthday?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, Princess · What happens: attract, attend · To what, where: attention

This is exam question 4 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 attract	obj
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 attract	aux
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 attract	nsubj
6	attract	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Princess	det
8	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 attention	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Princess	case
10	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attract	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 morning	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 morning	det
13	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attract	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 birthday	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 birthday	nmod:poss
16	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 morning	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 attract	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	past · do-support	Tom	the Princess's attention			morning		tree rules
2	attend		the Princess						nom attention «cognition 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

white roses tossed up at her bedroom window early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 roses	amod
2	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tossed	nsubj
3	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 tossed	compound:prt
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 window	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 window	nmod:poss
7	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 window	compound
8	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tossed	obl
9	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 tossed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss up	past	white roses			her bedroom window		early property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at window=Destination

Option 2

pebbles tossed at her bedroom glass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	tossed	toss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 pebbles	acl
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 glass	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 glass	nmod:poss
5	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glass	compound
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tossed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss	participle		pebbles not said here		her bedroom glass			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at glass=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

white roses thrown at her window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 roses	amod
2	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 roses	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 window	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 window	nmod:poss
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	participle		white roses not said here		her window			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at window=Destination

Option 4

a whole basket of white roses thrown at her window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 basket	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 basket	amod
3	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 roses	case
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 roses	amod
6	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 basket	nmod
7	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 roses	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 window	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 window	nmod:poss
10	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	participle		white roses not said here		her window			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at window=Destination

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