Exam question 3 · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 27: Edm…

Specify the manner in which the drakling was detained in the shaft.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: specify, detain · To what, where: manner, drakling

This is exam question 3 of lesson 659 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 27: Edmund fetches the drakling and tricks it into the fire-shaft» 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	Specify	specify	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 Specify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 detained	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 drakling	det
7	drakling	drakling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 detained	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 detained	aux:pass
9	detained	detain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 shaft	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shaft	det
12	shaft	shaft	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 detained	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	detain	past · passive		the drakling		the manner		in the shaft	vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

by a thick iron hook that went right through its tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	5 hook	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hook	det
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hook	amod
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hook	compound
5	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 went	nsubj
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hook	acl:relcl
8	right	right	ADV	_	11 tail	advmod
9	through	through	ADP	_	11 tail	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 tail	nmod:poss
11	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	a thick iron hook			hook's tail			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through tail=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

by an iron hook through its tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	4 hook	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hook	det
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hook	compound
4	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 tail	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 tail	nmod:poss
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hook	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

with a rope tied around its neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	with	with	ADP	_	3 rope	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rope	det
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 rope	acl
5	around	around	ADP	_	7 neck	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 neck	nmod:poss
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle		a rope not said here		rope's neck			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

by an iron hook pushed through its tail and fixed to the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	4 hook	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hook	det
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hook	compound
4	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hook	acl
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 tail	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pushed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fixed	cc
10	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pushed	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 wall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wall	det
13	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	participle		a iron hook not said here		hook's tail			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through tail=Trajectory
2	fix	participle						to the wall	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to wall=Co-Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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