Exam question 3 · The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: Geor…

Describe the manner in which Jane persuaded the Arctic moth to leave the collector's net.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Jane · What happens: describe, persuade, leave · To what, where: manner, Arctic moth, net

This is exam question 3 of lesson 644 «The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: George and Jane race down a great ice slide and meet a sportsman, a collector and a white grouse» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 persuaded	obl
6	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 persuaded	nsubj
7	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 moth	det
9	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 moth	amod
10	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 persuaded	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 leave	mark
12	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 persuaded	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 collector	det
14	collector	collector	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 net	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 collector	case
16	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 leave	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	persuade	past	Jane	the Arctic moth	the manner	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moth=Patient
3	leave	to-infinitive	Jane not said here	the collector's net		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme

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

She respectfully requested the moth to step outside the net for a moment while the collector looked on in dismay

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 requested	nsubj
2	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	_	3 requested	advmod
3	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 moth	det
5	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requested	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 step	mark
7	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 requested	advcl
8	outside	outside	ADP	_	10 net	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 net	det
10	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 step	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 moment	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 moment	det
13	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 step	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 looked	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 collector	det
16	collector	collector	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 looked	nsubj
17	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 step	advcl
18	on	on	ADP	_	17 looked	compound:prt
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 dismay	case
20	dismay	dismay	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	past	She	the moth			respectfully property	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent moth=Recipient
2	step	to-infinitive	She not said here		the net	moment		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside net=Trajectory
3	look on	past	the collector				in dismay	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dismay=Theme

Option 2

She opened the net and waved the moth gently outside into the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 net	det
4	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 waved	cc
6	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 opened	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moth	det
8	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waved	obj
9	gently	gently	ADV	_	6 waved	advmod
10	outside	outside	ADV	_	6 waved	advmod
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 air	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 air	det
13	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	She	the net					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location net=Theme
2	wave	past	She not said here	the moth		the air		gently, outside property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent moth=Theme into air=Recipient

Option 3

She politely asked it to leave the net for a short while

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	nsubj
2	politely	politely	ADV	_	3 asked	advmod
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 leave	mark
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asked	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 net	det
8	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 while	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 while	det
11	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 while	amod
12	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	She		it			politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the net			while		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She respectfully requested the moth to step outside for a moment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 requested	nsubj
2	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	_	3 requested	advmod
3	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 moth	det
5	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requested	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 step	mark
7	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 requested	advcl
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	7 step	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 moment	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 moment	det
11	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 step	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	past	She	the moth				respectfully property	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent moth=Recipient
2	step	to-infinitive	She not said here				moment	outside property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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