Exam question 3 · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry an…

Which of the following statements most accurately records the response of St. George when he was first addressed by the children?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: children · What happens: follow, record, address · To what, where: response, George

This is exam question 3 of lesson 641 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry and Effie seek St. George, fail to wake him, and are seized by a dragon» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 records	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 records	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 records	advmod
8	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 response	det
10	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 records	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 George	case
12	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 George	nmod:desc
13	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 response	nmod
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 addressed	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 addressed	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 addressed	aux:pass
17	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 addressed	advmod
18	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 records	advcl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 children	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 children	det
21	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 addressed	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	record	present		the response of George St.	of the following statements; accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
3	address	past · passive	the children	George	first property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination

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 · ✓ the right answer

He awoke sleepily, then pleaded fatigue and returned to repose

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 awoke	nsubj
2	awoke	awake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sleepily	sleepily	ADV	_	2 awoke	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pleaded	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 pleaded	advmod
6	pleaded	plead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 awoke	conj
7	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pleaded	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 returned	cc
9	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 awoke	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 repose	mark
11	repose	repose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 returned	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	awake	past	He			sleepily property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	plead speech: request	past	He not said here	fatigue	then		tree rules
3	return	past	He not said here				tree rules
4	repose	to-infinitive	He not said here				vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He ignored them entirely and remained motionless in his tomb

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 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ignored	obj
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 ignored	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 remained	cc
6	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ignored	conj
7	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remained	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 tomb	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tomb	nmod:poss
10	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	He	them = they				entirely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	remain	past	He not said here			his tomb		motionless property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tomb=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He stayed asleep

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He					asleep property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He jumped up cheerfully

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 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 jumped	compound:prt
4	cheerfully	cheerfully	ADV	_	2 jumped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump up	past	He					cheerfully property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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