Exam question 4 · The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: Geor…

State the physical appearance of the North Pole as it became visible to the children at the conclusion of the slide.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State · What happens: become, conclude · To what, where: slide

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 became	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 appearance	det
3	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 appearance	amod
4	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 Pole	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Pole	det
7	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Pole	compound
8	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 appearance	nmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 became	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 became	nsubj
11	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 became	xcomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 children	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 children	det
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 visible	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 conclusion	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 conclusion	det
18	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 visible	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 slide	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 slide	det
21	slide	slide	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 conclusion	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	State the physical appearance of the North Pole					visible property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	conclude			the slide					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

It was a white tower that shone like a glass lamp in the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tower	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tower	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tower	det
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tower	amod
5	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 shone	nsubj
7	shone	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tower	acl:relcl
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 lamp	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lamp	det
10	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lamp	compound
11	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shone	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sky	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sky	det
14	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a white tower					tree rules
2	shine	past	a white tower			the sky		like a glass lamp	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It was towering, white, glistening, and resembled an ice-lighthouse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 towering	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 towering	aux
3	towering	tower	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 white	punct
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 towering	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 glistening	punct
7	glistening	glisten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 towering	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 resembled	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 resembled	cc
10	resembled	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 towering	conj
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lighthouse	det
12	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lighthouse	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 ice	punct
14	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 resembled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tower	past · progressive	It		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	glisten	gerund			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	resemble	past		a ice lighthouse	tree rules

Option 3

It stood very tall, bright and white, a bit like a lighthouse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 tall	advmod
4	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stood	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bright	punct
6	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tall	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 white	cc
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tall	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bit	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bit	det
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 lighthouse	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lighthouse	det
14	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	It	a bit				like a lighthouse; tall property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It was towering, white, glistening, and looked exactly like an enormous ice-lighthouse standing on the ice

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 towering	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 towering	aux
3	towering	tower	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 white	punct
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 towering	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 glistening	punct
7	glistening	glisten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 towering	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 looked	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 looked	cc
10	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 towering	conj
11	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	17 lighthouse	advmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	17 lighthouse	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 lighthouse	det
14	enormous	enormous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 lighthouse	amod
15	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lighthouse	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 ice	punct
17	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 looked	obj
18	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 lighthouse	acl
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 ice	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 ice	det
21	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	tower	past · progressive	It			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	glisten	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	look	past		a enormous ice lighthouse		vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lighthouse=Attribute
4	stand	gerund	a enormous ice lighthouse not said here		the ice	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ice=Location

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