Exam question 3 · Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats…

Which of the following describes the condition of the dragon when it was first discovered beneath the tree?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, discover, condition · To what, where: condition, dragon

This is exam question 3 of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 condition	det
7	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 dragon	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dragon	det
10	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 condition	nmod
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 discovered	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 discovered	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 discovered	aux:pass
14	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 discovered	advmod
15	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 condition	acl
16	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	18 tree	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tree	det
18	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 discovered	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the condition of the dragon		tree rules
3	discover	past · passive	condition	beneath the tree; first property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
4	condition		the dragon		nom condition «state transitive»: 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

It had shrunk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shrunk	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shrunk	aux
3	shrunk	shrink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past · perfect	It						vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It had shrunk to approximately the length of a finger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shrunk	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shrunk	aux
3	shrunk	shrink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	7 length	mark
5	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	7 length	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 length	det
7	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shrunk	xcomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 finger	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 finger	det
10	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 length	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past · perfect	It	the length of a finger					vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It had grown to the size of a bull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grown	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 size	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 size	det
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grown	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bull	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bull	det
9	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 size	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past · perfect	It					to the size of a bull	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It was very small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 small	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 small	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 small	advmod
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					small property	tree rules

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