Exam question 3 · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin…

What was the ultimate fate of the dragon lying upon the sand?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dragon · What happens: be, lie · To what, where: ultimate fate, sand

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 fate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 dragon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dragon	det
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
9	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 dragon	acl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 sand	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sand	det
12	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lying	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the ultimate fate				of the dragon	tree rules
2	lie	gerund	the dragon not said here			the sand			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon sand=Location

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

It remained as a stone figure on the sand where children play every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	6 figure	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 figure	det
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 figure	compound
6	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remained	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 sand	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sand	det
9	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 figure	nmod
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 play	advmod
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 play	nsubj
12	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sand	acl:relcl
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remained	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	It				day	as a stone figure on the sand	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	play	present	children						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It was turned to rock by the Princess's spell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	aux:pass
3	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 rock	case
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 spell	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Princess	det
8	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 spell	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Princess	case
10	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive	the Princess's spell	It		rock			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to rock=Trajectory
2	spell		the Princess						nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It stayed as a statue where the children played

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 statue	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 statue	det
5	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 played	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 children	det
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 played	nsubj
9	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 statue	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	It					as a statue	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	play	past	the children						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It remained as a stone figure where children play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	6 figure	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 figure	det
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 figure	compound
6	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remained	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 play	advmod
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 play	nsubj
9	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 figure	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	It					as a stone figure	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	play	present	children						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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