Exam question 1 · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja…

Which of the following describes the children's initial destination, as stated by the narrator in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, state · To what, where: initial destination, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» 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	5 describes	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 children	det
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 destination	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 children	case
9	initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 destination	amod
10	destination	destination	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stated	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 stated	mark
13	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 destination	acl:relcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 narrator	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrator	det
16	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stated	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 passage	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 passage	det
19	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stated	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the children's initial destination			tree rules
3	state speech: other	participle	the children's initial destination not said here	the passage	by the narrator	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 · ✓ the right answer

The North Pole, which Jane proposes and George reluctantly accepts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Pole	det
2	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Pole	compound
3	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 proposes	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 proposes	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 proposes	nsubj
6	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 proposes	nsubj
7	proposes	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 accepts	cc
9	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 accepts	nsubj
10	reluctantly	reluctantly	ADV	_	11 accepts	advmod
11	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 proposes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	present	the North Pole						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	accept	present	George					reluctantly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Crystal Palace, which George proposes and Jane pushes for

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Palace	det
2	Crystal	crystal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Palace	amod
3	Palace	Palace	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 proposes	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 proposes	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 proposes	nsubj
6	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 proposes	nsubj
7	proposes	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pushes	cc
9	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 pushes	nsubj
10	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 proposes	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	10 pushes	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	present	the Crystal Palace						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	push for	present	Jane						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The North Pole, which Jane proposes after a long argument and George grudgingly accepts only at the end of the passage

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	3 Pole	det
2	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Pole	compound
3	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 proposes	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 proposes	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 proposes	nsubj
6	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 proposes	nsubj
7	proposes	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 argument	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 argument	det
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 argument	amod
11	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proposes	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 George	cc
13	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 argument	conj
14	grudgingly	grudgingly	ADV	_	15 accepts	advmod
15	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 proposes	advcl
16	only	only	ADV	_	19 end	advmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 end	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 end	det
19	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 accepts	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 passage	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 passage	det
22	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	present	the North Pole				after a long argument and George		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	accept	present	the North Pole not said here	the end of the passage				grudgingly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Theme

Option 4

The Arctic regions, which Jane and George both agree upon after the bonfire scene at the end of the evening

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 regions	det
2	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 regions	amod
3	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 agree	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Jane	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 Jane	nsubj
6	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 regions	appos
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 George	cc
8	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Jane	conj
9	both	both	ADV	_	10 agree	advmod
10	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 scene	case
12	after	after	ADP	_	15 scene	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 scene	det
14	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 scene	compound
15	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 agree	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 end	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 end	det
18	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 scene	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 evening	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 evening	det
21	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	the Arctic regions					upon the bonfire scene at the end of the evening; both property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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