Exam question 4 · pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trap…
Upon what grounds did the dragon refrain from consuming the Princess, according to the narrative?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: ground, do, consume, accord · To what, where: dragon refrain, Princess
This is exam question 4 of lesson 656 «pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trapped in a bottle and Elfin's hands are burnt» 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 | Upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 3 grounds | mark |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 grounds | nsubj |
| 3 | grounds | ground | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 grounds | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 refrain | det |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 refrain | compound |
| 7 | refrain | refrain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 9 consuming | mark |
| 9 | consuming | consume | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 did | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Princess | det |
| 11 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 consuming | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 narrative | punct |
| 13 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 narrative | case |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 according | fixed |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 narrative | det |
| 16 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 consuming | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 grounds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ground | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the dragon refrain | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refrain=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | consume | gerund | the Princess | accord the narrative | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Asset | ||||
| 4 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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
because the dragon liked her golden hair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 liked | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dragon | det |
| 3 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 liked | nsubj |
| 4 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hair | nmod:poss |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hair | amod |
| 7 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 liked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | past | the dragon | dragon's golden hair | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hair=Theme |
Option 2
since she was very kind to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 5 kind | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kind | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 kind | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 kind | advmod |
| 5 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kind | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | him = he | kind property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
because she possessed a heart of gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 possessed | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 possessed | nsubj |
| 3 | possessed | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 heart | det |
| 5 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 possessed | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heart | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possess | past | she | a heart of gold | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot heart=Theme |
Option 4
because she possessed a heart of gold and the dragon was moved by her kindness
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 possessed | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 possessed | nsubj |
| 3 | possessed | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 heart | det |
| 5 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 possessed | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heart | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 moved | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dragon | det |
| 10 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 moved | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 moved | aux:pass |
| 12 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 possessed | conj |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 kindness | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 15 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possess | past | she | a heart of gold | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot heart=Theme | ||||
| 2 | move | past · passive | dragon's kindness | the dragon | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme subject=Result |
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