Exam question 2 · The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white…

According to the passage, why did the dragon's condition worsen when the fires were lit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, dragon · What happens: accord, do, worsen, lit, condition · To what, where: fires

This is exam question 2 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct
6	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 did	advmod
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dragon	det
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 condition	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dragon	case
11	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 worsen	nsubj
12	worsen	worsen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 did	parataxis
13	when	when	SCONJ	_	17 lit	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fires	det
15	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 lit	nsubj:pass
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 lit	aux:pass
17	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 worsen	advcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			accord the passage	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	worsen	present	the dragon's condition			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	lit	past · passive		the fires		tree rules
5	condition		the dragon			nom condition «state transitive»: poss=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

Because he had been frozen solid all night and the heat of the fires caused him severe distress and near death.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 frozen	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 frozen	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 frozen	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 frozen	aux:pass
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 frozen	xcomp
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 frozen	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 caused	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heat	det
11	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 caused	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 fires	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fires	det
14	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 heat	nmod
15	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 frozen	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 caused	obj
17	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 distress	amod
18	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 caused	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 death	cc
20	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 death	amod
21	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 distress	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 frozen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	past · perfect · passive		he	night	solid property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	cause	past	the heat of the fires	him = he			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer he=Theme distress=Eventuality
3	heat		the fires				nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Because he was frozen and the fire made him feel extremely faint.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 frozen	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 frozen	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frozen	aux:pass
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 made	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frozen	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 made	obj
10	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 made	xcomp
11	extremely	extremely	ADV	_	12 faint	advmod
12	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feel	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 frozen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	freeze	past · passive		he		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	make	past	the fire	him = he		tree rules
3	feel	infinitive	him = he not said here		faint property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Because he was frozen solid and the heat caused him severe distress.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 frozen	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 frozen	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frozen	aux:pass
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 frozen	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 caused	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 heat	det
8	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 caused	nsubj
9	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frozen	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 caused	obj
11	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 distress	amod
12	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 caused	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 frozen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	past · passive		he				solid property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	cause	past	the heat	him = he					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer he=Theme distress=Eventuality

Option 4

Because the flames made him feel deeply unwell and faint.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 made	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flames	det
3	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	obj
6	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
7	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	8 unwell	advmod
8	unwell	unwell	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feel	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 faint	cc
10	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 unwell	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the flames	him = he					tree rules
2	feel	infinitive	him = he not said here					unwell property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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