Exam question 3 · Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10:…

Which of the following correctly states the consequence of the children opening the waste tap upon the dragons in the map of England?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: consequence · What happens: follow, state, open · To what, where: consequence, waste tap

This is exam question 3 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 consequence	det
8	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 children	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 children	det
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 consequence	nmod
12	opening	open	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 consequence	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tap	det
14	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tap	compound
15	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 opening	obj
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 dragons	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dragons	det
18	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 opening	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 map	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 map	det
21	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dragons	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 England	case
23	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 map	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the consequence of the children	correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
3	open	gerund	the consequence of the children not said here	the waste tap	upon the dragons in the map of England	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent tap=Theme upon dragon=Location

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

The dragons were washed away and disappeared down the waste pipe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dragons	det
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 washed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	aux:pass
4	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 washed	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 disappeared	cc
7	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	11 pipe	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pipe	det
10	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pipe	compound
11	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disappeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash away	past · passive		the dragons				away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	disappear	past						down the waste pipe	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The dragons were washed away and disappeared down the waste pipe, along with all the towns on the map of England

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dragons	det
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 washed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	aux:pass
4	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 washed	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 disappeared	cc
7	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	11 pipe	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pipe	det
10	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pipe	compound
11	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disappeared	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 towns	punct
13	along	along	ADP	_	17 towns	case
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 towns	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 towns	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 towns	det
17	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 washed	conj
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 map	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 map	det
20	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 towns	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 England	case
22	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 map	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash away	past · passive		the dragons				away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	disappear	past						down the waste pipe	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The dragons were blown away and fell into the sea below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dragons	det
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blown	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blown	aux:pass
4	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 blown	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fell	cc
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blown	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	obl
11	below	below	ADV	_	7 fell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow away	past · passive		the dragons				away property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient
2	fall	past						into the sea result; below property	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result

Option 4

The dragons were washed away and disappeared down the waste pipe, and the map of England was left clean and empty

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dragons	det
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 washed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	aux:pass
4	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 washed	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 disappeared	cc
7	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	11 pipe	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pipe	det
10	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pipe	compound
11	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disappeared	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 left	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 left	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 map	det
15	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 left	nsubj:pass
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 England	case
17	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 map	nmod
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 left	aux:pass
19	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 washed	conj
20	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 left	xcomp
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 empty	cc
22	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 clean	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wash away	past · passive	the dragons	away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	disappear	past		down the waste pipe	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	leave	past · passive	the map of England	clean property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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