Exam question 2 · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and…
With reference to the passage, what did the children state the second giant consumed with his meal?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, children · What happens: do, state, consume · To what, where: second giant
This is exam question 2 of lesson 653 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and Tina trick the dragon back into chains, and he becomes the first cat» 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 reference | case |
| 2 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 passage | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 passage | det |
| 5 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reference | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 did | punct |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 did | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 passage | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 children | det |
| 10 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 state | nsubj |
| 11 | state | state | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 did | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 giant | det |
| 13 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 giant | amod |
| 14 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 state | obj |
| 15 | consumed | consume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 giant | acl |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 meal | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 meal | nmod:poss |
| 18 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 consumed | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reference | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the passage | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | state speech: other | present | the children | the second giant | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent giant=Topic | ||||
| 3 | consume | participle | the second giant not said here | with giant's meal | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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
Wild dragons, served with bread sauce and roasted whole on a silver platter for the feast
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dragons | amod |
| 2 | dragons | dragon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 roasted | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 served | punct |
| 4 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 dragons | acl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 sauce | case |
| 6 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sauce | compound |
| 7 | sauce | sauce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 served | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 served | cc |
| 9 | roasted | roast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 roasted | xcomp |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 platter | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 platter | det |
| 13 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 platter | amod |
| 14 | platter | platter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 roasted | obl |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 feast | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 feast | det |
| 17 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 roasted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | participle | Wild dragons not said here | with bread sauce | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sauce=Theme | ||||
| 2 | roast | past | Wild dragons | for the feast; on a silver platter; whole property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent on platter=Instrument |
Option 2
Roast geese, served with apple sauce
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roast | roast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 geese | compound |
| 2 | geese | goose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 served | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 served | punct |
| 4 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 sauce | case |
| 6 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sauce | compound |
| 7 | sauce | sauce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 served | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | participle · passive | Roast geese | with apple sauce | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with sauce=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Wild dragons, served with bread sauce
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dragons | amod |
| 2 | dragons | dragon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 served | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 served | punct |
| 4 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 sauce | case |
| 6 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sauce | compound |
| 7 | sauce | sauce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 served | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | participle · passive | Wild dragons | with bread sauce | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with sauce=Theme |
Option 4
Wild goats, served with mint sauce
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 goats | amod |
| 2 | goats | goat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 served | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 served | punct |
| 4 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 sauce | case |
| 6 | mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sauce | compound |
| 7 | sauce | sauce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 served | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | participle · passive | Wild goats | with mint sauce | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with sauce=Theme |
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