Exam question 2 · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja…

Identify the reason the heir to the throne was denied fireworks on Guy Fawkes' Day, as recorded in the text.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, deny, record · To what, where: reason, fireworks, text

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heir	det
5	heir	heir	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 throne	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 throne	det
8	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 denied	obl
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 denied	aux:pass
10	denied	deny	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
11	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 denied	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	16 Day	case
13	Guy	Guy	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Day	compound
14	Fawkes	fawke	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 Day	nmod:poss
15	'	's	PART	_	14 Fawkes	case
16	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 denied	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 recorded	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 recorded	mark
19	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 denied	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 text	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 text	det
22	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 recorded	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason				tree rules
2	deny	past · passive		fireworks		on Fawkes's Guy Day	to the throne	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: firework=Eventuality
3	record	participle			the text			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was cutting his first tooth, a period of anxiety

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	3 cutting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cutting	aux
3	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tooth	nmod:poss
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 tooth	amod
6	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cutting	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 period	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 period	det
9	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cutting	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 anxiety	case
11	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · progressive	He	his first tooth				a period of anxiety obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Product

Option 2

He had a fever, and the doctors were worried

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fever	det
4	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 worried	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 worried	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doctors	det
8	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 worried	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 worried	cop
10	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 had	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	a fever					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=Patient
2	is	past	the doctors					worried property	tree rules

Option 3

He was cutting his first tooth, which caused great worry in the household and the palace

The tree, 16 words

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	3 cutting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cutting	aux
3	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tooth	nmod:poss
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 tooth	amod
6	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cutting	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 caused	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 caused	nsubj
9	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tooth	acl:relcl
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 worry	amod
11	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 caused	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 household	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 household	det
14	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 caused	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 palace	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 palace	det
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tooth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · progressive	He	his first tooth and the palace					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Product
2	cause	past	his first tooth and the palace	great worry		the household			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition worry=Patient

Option 4

He was ill, so the palace cancelled the display

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	3 ill	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ill	cop
3	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cancelled	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 cancelled	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cancelled	nsubj
8	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ill	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 display	det
10	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cancelled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					ill property	tree rules
2	cancel	past	the palace	the display					tree rules

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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