Exam question 4 · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 8: a dragon…

What was the principal dietary preference of the largest dragon variety observed in the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, observe · To what, where: principal dietary preference, largest dragon variety, narrative

This is exam question 4 of lesson 640 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 8: a dragon in Effie's eye is followed by a plague of dragons across the land» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 preference	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 preference	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 preference	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 preference	amod
5	dietary	dietary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 preference	amod
6	preference	preference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 variety	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 variety	det
9	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 variety	amod
10	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 variety	compound
11	variety	variety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preference	nmod
12	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 variety	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 narrative	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrative	det
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 observed	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 preference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal dietary preference				of the largest dragon variety	tree rules
2	observe	participle		the largest dragon variety not said here		the narrative			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

lilies of the valley and then horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 valley	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 valley	det
4	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lilies	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 horses	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 horses	advmod
7	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 lilies	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

elephants, then horses, then cows, then the zoo's giraffes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 horses	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 horses	advmod
4	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 elephants	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cows	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 cows	advmod
7	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 elephants	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 giraffes	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 giraffes	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 zoo	det
11	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 giraffes	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 zoo	case
13	giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 elephants	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

elephants, followed by horses and cows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 followed	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 followed	punct
3	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 horses	case
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 followed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cows	cc
7	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 horses	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle · passive	horses and cows	elephants					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

whole elephants, followed by horses, cows and sheep in the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 elephants	amod
2	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 followed	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 followed	punct
4	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 horses	case
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 followed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cows	punct
8	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 horses	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sheep	cc
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 horses	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 field	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 field	det
13	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle · passive	horses and cows and sheep	whole elephants		the field			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in field=Trajectory

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