Exam question 4 · The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white…

Which statement correctly summarises the children's condition at the close of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, children · What happens: summarise, condition · To what, where: condition, close

This is exam question 4 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summarises	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 summarises	advmod
4	summarises	summarise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 condition	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 children	case
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summarises	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 close	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 close	det
11	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 condition	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 passage	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 passage	det
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 close	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 summarises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summarise	present	which statement	the children's condition		the close of the passage		correctly property	tree rules
2	condition		the children			the close of the passage			nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent at=place

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

They were sent indoors and to bed, having arrived with wet and muddy boots.

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 sent	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bed	cc
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 bed	case
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indoors	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 arrived	punct
9	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 arrived	aux
10	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 sent	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	15 boots	case
12	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 boots	amod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 muddy	cc
14	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wet	conj
15	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 arrived	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		They				indoors property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	arrive	gerund · perfect						with wet boots	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They were sent indoors and to bed at once, having arrived with wet and muddy boots and a great deal of grey pool water on their coats.

The tree, 27 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 sent	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bed	cc
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 bed	case
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indoors	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 sent	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 arrived	punct
11	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 arrived	aux
12	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 sent	advcl
13	with	with	ADP	_	17 boots	case
14	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 boots	amod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 muddy	cc
16	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wet	conj
17	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 arrived	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 deal	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 deal	det
20	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 deal	amod
21	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 boots	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 water	case
23	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 water	amod
24	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 water	compound
25	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 deal	nmod
26	on	on	ADP	_	28 coats	case
27	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 coats	nmod:poss
28	coats	coat	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 water	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive	They	indoors property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	arrive	gerund · perfect		with wet boots and a great deal of grey pool water on boots's coats	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	deal		grey pool water on boots's coats		nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

They were sent indoors and to bed after a long night, arriving home with wet and muddy boots and very cold feet.

The tree, 22 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 sent	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bed	cc
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 bed	case
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indoors	conj
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 night	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 night	det
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 night	amod
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 arriving	punct
13	arriving	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 sent	conj
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 arriving	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	19 boots	case
16	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 boots	amod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 muddy	cc
18	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wet	conj
19	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 arriving	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 feet	cc
21	very	very	ADV	_	22 cold	advmod
22	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 feet	amod
23	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 boots	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		They			night	indoors property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	arrive	gerund						with wet boots and cold feet; home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They were scolded indoors after walking home in wet and muddy boots.

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 scolded	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scolded	aux:pass
3	scolded	scold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	3 scolded	advmod
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 walking	mark
6	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 scolded	advcl
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 walking	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 boots	case
9	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 boots	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 muddy	cc
11	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wet	conj
12	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walking	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 scolded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	past · passive		They				indoors property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	walk	gerund				wet boots		home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boot=Trajectory

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