Exam question 1 · Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10:…
Which of the following describes the means by which the children first obtained release from the dragon's grasp?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: children, dragon · What happens: follow, describe, mean, obtain, grasp · To what, where: release, grasp · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 642 «Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10: the children escape the dragon and find the room of weather taps» 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 | 7 means | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 means | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 means | nsubj |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 obtained | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 children | det |
| 11 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 obtained | nsubj |
| 12 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 obtained | advmod |
| 13 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 means | ccomp |
| 14 | release | release | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 obtained | obj |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 grasp | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 dragon | det |
| 17 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 grasp | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 dragon | case |
| 19 | grasp | grasp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 obtained | obl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 4 | obtain | past | the children | release | the dragon's grasp | first property | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from grasp=Source | ||
| 5 | grasp | the dragon | nom grasp «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
Effie severed the sash with a small knife, and Harry withdrew from his sleeves
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Effie | Effie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 severed | nsubj |
| 2 | severed | sever | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sash | det |
| 4 | sash | sash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 severed | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 knife | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 knife | det |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 knife | amod |
| 8 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 severed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 withdrew | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 withdrew | cc |
| 11 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 withdrew | nsubj |
| 12 | withdrew | withdraw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 severed | conj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 sleeves | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 sleeves | nmod:poss |
| 15 | sleeves | sleeve | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 withdrew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sever | past | Effie | the sash | with a small knife | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sash=Theme | |||
| 2 | withdraw | past | Harry | Harry's sleeves | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sleeve=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Effie cut her sash with a small blade, and Harry slipped out of his coat
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Effie | Effie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 cut | nsubj |
| 2 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 sash | nmod:poss |
| 4 | sash | sash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cut | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 blade | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 blade | det |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 blade | amod |
| 8 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cut | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 slipped | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 slipped | cc |
| 11 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 slipped | nsubj |
| 12 | slipped | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 cut | parataxis |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 coat | case |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 coat | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 coat | nmod:poss |
| 16 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 slipped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | past | Effie | Effie's sash | with a small blade | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sash=Patient with blade=Instrument | |||
| 2 | slip out | past | Harry | Harry's coat | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent coat=Patient |
Option 3
Effie cut the sash
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Effie | Effie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 cut | nsubj |
| 2 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sash | det |
| 4 | sash | sash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cut | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | past | Effie | the sash | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sash=Product |
Option 4
Harry's jacket was torn, and Effie just pulled her arm free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 jacket | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Harry | case |
| 3 | jacket | jacket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 torn | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 torn | aux:pass |
| 5 | torn | tear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 pulled | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 pulled | cc |
| 8 | Effie | Effie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 pulled | nsubj |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 pulled | advmod |
| 10 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 torn | conj |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 arm | nmod:poss |
| 12 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pulled | obj |
| 13 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 pulled | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tear | past · passive | Harry's jacket | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pull | past | Effie | Effie's arm | free property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
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