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

In the closing passage, what is the dragon's ultimate transformation, as stated by the narrator?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: closing passage · What happens: be, state · To what, where: ultimate transformation, closing passage

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 passage	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
3	closing	closing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	compound
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stated	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 transformation	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 transformation	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 transformation	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dragon	det
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 transformation	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dragon	case
11	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 transformation	amod
12	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 stated	mark
15	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 narrator	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 narrator	det
18	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stated	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 stated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the closing passage and the dragon's ultimate transformation	the dragon's ultimate transformation					tree rules
2	state speech: other	participle				the closing passage and the dragon's ultimate transformation		by the narrator	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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

He becomes the beginning of all cats, and every cat since has purred for his sake

The tree, 16 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 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beginning	det
4	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 becomes	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cats	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 cats	det
7	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 beginning	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 purred	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 purred	cc
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 cat	det
11	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 purred	nsubj:pass
12	since	since	ADP	_	11 cat	nmod
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 purred	aux
14	purred	purr	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 becomes	advcl
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 sake	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 sake	nmod:poss
17	sake	sake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 purred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	become	present	He	the beginning of all cats		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	purr	present · perfect · passive		every cat	for his sake	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
3	begin			all cats		nom beginning «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He turns into a cat

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 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 cat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	He					into a cat result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into cat=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He becomes the beginning of all cats

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 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beginning	det
4	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 becomes	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cats	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 cats	det
7	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 beginning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	He	the beginning of all cats					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	begin			all cats					nom beginning «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

He becomes the beginning of all cats, and the children are remembered as the first keepers of them

The tree, 18 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 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beginning	det
4	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 becomes	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cats	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 cats	det
7	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 beginning	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 remembered	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 remembered	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 children	det
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 remembered	nsubj:pass
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 remembered	aux:pass
13	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 becomes	advcl
14	as	as	ADP	_	17 keepers	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 keepers	det
16	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 keepers	amod
17	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 remembered	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 keepers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	become	present	He	the beginning of all cats		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	remember	present · passive		the children	as the first keepers of keepers	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as keeper=Attribute
3	begin			all cats		nom beginning «event transitive»: of=patient

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