Exam question 3 · The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon s…

State the manner in which the hippopotamuses conducted the pursuit across the countryside, as described in the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, hippopotamuses · What happens: state, conduct, describe · To what, where: manner, pursuit, narrative

This is exam question 3 of lesson 654 «The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon scares the town and the Prince sets out to hunt it» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 conducted	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hippopotamuses	det
7	hippopotamuses	hippopotamus	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 conducted	nsubj
8	conducted	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pursuit	det
10	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conducted	obj
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 countryside	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 countryside	det
13	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conducted	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 described	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 described	mark
16	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 conducted	parataxis
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 narrative	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 narrative	det
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 described	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	conduct	past	the hippopotamuses	the pursuit	the manner	across the countryside	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pursuit=Theme in which=Destination
3	describe	participle			the narrative		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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

They crashed through the hedges and lumbered through the standing corn, flattening every gate in the valley

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 crashed	nsubj
2	crashed	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 hedges	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hedges	det
5	hedges	hedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crashed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 lumbered	cc
7	lumbered	lumber	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hedges	conj
8	through	through	ADP	_	11 corn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 corn	det
10	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 corn	compound
11	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lumbered	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 flattening	punct
13	flattening	flatten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 crashed	advcl
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 gate	det
15	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flattening	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 valley	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 valley	det
18	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flattening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	crash	past	They		the hedges	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hedge=Location
2	lumber	participle	They not said here		the standing corn	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through corn=Trajectory
3	flatten	gerund	They not said here	every gate	the valley	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient

Option 2

They crashed through the hedges, lumbered through the standing corn, and splashed across the river before the hunt ended

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 crashed	nsubj
2	crashed	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 hedges	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hedges	det
5	hedges	hedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crashed	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lumbered	punct
7	lumbered	lumber	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hedges	acl
8	through	through	ADP	_	11 corn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 corn	det
10	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 corn	compound
11	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lumbered	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 splashed	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 splashed	cc
14	splashed	splash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 crashed	conj
15	across	across	ADP	_	17 river	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 river	det
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 splashed	obl
18	before	before	SCONJ	_	21 ended	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hunt	det
20	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 ended	nsubj
21	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 splashed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	crash	past	They		the hedges	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hedge=Location
2	lumber	participle		the hedges not said here	the standing corn	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through corn=Trajectory
3	splash	participle	They not said here		the river	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across river=Destination
4	end	past	the hunt			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They crashed through the hedges and lumbered through the standing corn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 crashed	nsubj
2	crashed	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 hedges	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hedges	det
5	hedges	hedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crashed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 lumbered	cc
7	lumbered	lumber	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hedges	conj
8	through	through	ADP	_	11 corn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 corn	det
10	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 corn	compound
11	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lumbered	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 crashed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crash	past	They			the hedges			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hedge=Location
2	lumber	participle	They not said here			the standing corn			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through corn=Trajectory

Option 4

They trampled the fields and smashed the gates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trampled	nsubj
2	trampled	trample	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fields	det
4	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 trampled	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 smashed	cc
6	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 trampled	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gates	det
8	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 smashed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trample	past	They	the fields					tree rules
2	smash	past	They not said here	the gates					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme

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