Exam question 4 · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin…

From what source did the Princess derive her means of subsistence in the years that followed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: derive, mean, follow · To what, where: years

This is exam question 4 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	From	from	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 derive	obl
3	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 derive	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 derive	nsubj
7	derive	derive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 derive	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 subsistence	case
11	subsistence	subsistence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 years	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 years	det
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 subsistence	nmod
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 followed	nsubj:pass
16	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 years	acl:relcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 derive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	derive	past · do-support	the Princess			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	Princess		of subsistence in the years	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	follow	participle · passive		the years		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

From the rubies she had sold to the ships that came in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 rubies	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rubies	det
3	rubies	ruby	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sold	obl
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sold	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sold	aux
6	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 ships	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ships	det
9	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sold	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 came	nsubj
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 ships	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADV	_	11 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past · perfect	she		the ships	the rubies			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ship=Recipient
2	come in	past	the ships						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

By selling lilies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 selling	mark
2	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 selling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	gerund		lilies					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lily=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

From her income

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 income	case
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 income	nmod:poss
3	income	income	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

From the money her late father left her in his will

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 money	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 money	det
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 left	obl
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 father	nmod:poss
5	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 father	amod
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 left	nsubj
7	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 left	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 will	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 will	nmod:poss
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 left	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	her late father	her = she		the money			vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme she=Source from money=Destination

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