Exam question 1 · The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white…

Which of the following describes the fate of the sealskin dwarfs in this passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, fate · To what, where: fate, sealskin dwarfs

This is exam question 1 of lesson 646 «The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white feathers, a moth army, and a melting dragon» 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	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	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 fate	det
7	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 dwarfs	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dwarfs	det
10	sealskin	sealskin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dwarfs	compound
11	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fate	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 passage	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 passage	det
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dwarfs	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the fate of the sealskin dwarfs in this passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	fate		the sealskin dwarfs in this passage	nom fate «event 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 · ✓ the right answer

They were consumed by a swarm of moths and perished on the snow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 consumed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	aux:pass
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 swarm	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 swarm	det
6	swarm	swarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 moths	case
8	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swarm	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 perished	cc
10	perished	perish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 consumed	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 snow	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 snow	det
13	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perished	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 consumed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past · passive	a swarm of moths	They					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset
2	perish	participle	a swarm of moths not said here			the snow			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The moths ate them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 moths	det
2	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ate	nsubj
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ate	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	the moths	them = they					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

They were attacked by a flock of moths and dropped dead on the ice.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 attacked	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 attacked	aux:pass
3	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 flock	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 flock	det
6	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attacked	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 moths	case
8	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 flock	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dropped	cc
10	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 attacked	conj
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dropped	xcomp
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 ice	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ice	det
14	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dropped	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 attacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	past · passive	a flock of moths	They					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	drop	past	a flock of moths not said here			the ice		dead property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory

Option 4

They were frozen by the cold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 frozen	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frozen	aux:pass
3	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 cold	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cold	det
6	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 frozen	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 frozen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	past · passive	the cold	They					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient subject=Result

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