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

According to the narrative, what was the outcome of the dragon's consumption of the bread and milk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: narrative, dragon · What happens: accord, be, consume · To what, where: outcome, bread

This is exam question 3 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 narrative	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 outcome	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 outcome	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 outcome	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 outcome	det
9	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrative	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 consumption	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dragon	det
12	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consumption	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 dragon	case
14	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 outcome	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 bread	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bread	det
17	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consumption	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 milk	cc
19	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bread	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 narrative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the narrative	the outcome	of the dragon's consumption of the bread and milk	tree rules
3	consume		the dragon	the bread and milk		nom consumption «act transitive»: poss=agent of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He developed a fondness for it and became tame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 developed	nsubj
2	developed	develop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fondness	det
4	fondness	fondness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 developed	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 developed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 became	cc
8	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 developed	conj
9	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	develop	past	He	a fondness				for fondness	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fondness=Product for it=Beneficiary
2	become	past	He not said here					tame property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He developed a fondness for it and became tame, and then ate the children's breakfast daily

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 developed	nsubj
2	developed	develop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fondness	det
4	fondness	fondness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 developed	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 developed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 became	cc
8	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 developed	conj
9	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 became	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ate	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ate	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 ate	advmod
13	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 developed	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 children	det
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 breakfast	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 children	case
17	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ate	obj
18	daily	daily	ADV	_	13 ate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	develop	past	He	a fondness		for fondness	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fondness=Product for it=Beneficiary
2	become	past	He not said here			tame property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	eat	past		the children's breakfast	then	daily property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Patient

Option 3

He grew a taste for it and turned quite meek

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 taste	det
4	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grew	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 turned	cc
8	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grew	conj
9	quite	quite	ADV	_	10 meek	advmod
10	meek	meek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 turned	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	He	a taste				for taste	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent taste=Product for it=Beneficiary
2	turn	past	He not said here					meek property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He got used to it and lost his fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	nsubj
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 lost	cc
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 used	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fire	nmod:poss
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	use	past · passive		He	it	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	lose	past		his fire		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality
3	fire		his = he			nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent

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