Exam question 2 · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin…

In what manner did the lion and eagle halves of the griffin come to perish?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: do, come, perish · To what, where: lion, manner

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lion	det
6	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 halves	cc
8	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 halves	compound
9	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lion	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 griffin	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 griffin	det
12	griffin	griffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 halves	nmod
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 perish	mark
15	perish	perish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 come	xcomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	the lion and eagle halves of the griffin	what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Eventuality
2	come	infinitive			tree rules
3	perish	to-infinitive			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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

Each thought the other was an enemy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 enemy	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 the	fixed
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 enemy	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 enemy	det
7	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	Each						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the enemy					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Each half believed it was attacking the other creature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 half	det
2	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	3 believed	nsubj
3	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 attacking	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 attacking	aux
6	attacking	attack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 believed	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 creature	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 creature	amod
9	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attacking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	each half						vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	attack	past · progressive	half	the other creature					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Patient

Option 3

They fought each other

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	2 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	2 fought	obj
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 each	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	They	each					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent

Option 4

They fought a lion in the garden

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	2 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lion	det
4	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fought	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 garden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garden	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	They	a lion		the garden			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Co-Agent

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