Exam question 1 · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin…

To what cause does the narrator attribute the formation of the Nine Whirlpools?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: attribute · To what, where: formation

This is exam question 1 of lesson 650 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin dies and the whirlpools are explained» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 attribute	obl
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 attribute	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	nsubj
7	attribute	attribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 formation	det
9	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 Whirlpools	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Whirlpools	det
12	Nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 Whirlpools	nummod
13	Whirlpools	whirlpool	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 formation	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 attribute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	present · do-support	the narrator	the formation of the Nine Whirlpools					tree rules

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 enchanter-King's blood dropped into the sea and the tide swirled it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
2	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 King	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 enchanter	punct
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 blood	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 King	case
6	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dropped	nsubj
7	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dropped	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 swirled	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tide	det
13	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 swirled	nsubj
14	swirled	swirl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dropped	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 swirled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	the enchanter King's blood			the sea			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into sea=Trajectory
2	swirl	past	the tide	blood					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 2

The Princess's tears fell in the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Princess	det
2	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tears	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Princess	case
4	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fell	nsubj
5	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the Princess's tears			the water			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in water=Location

Option 3

The sea spirits made them swirl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 spirits	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spirits	compound
3	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	obj
6	swirl	swirl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the sea spirits	them = they					tree rules
2	swirl	infinitive	them = they not said here						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The enchanter-King's blood dropped into the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
2	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 King	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 enchanter	punct
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 blood	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 King	case
6	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dropped	nsubj
7	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	the enchanter King's blood			the sea			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into sea=Trajectory

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