Exam question 1 · pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the town on the hillside:…

In what manner did the dragon proceed into the mountain?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dragon · What happens: proceed · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 660 «pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the town on the hillside: Edmund tricks the dragon and saves her drakling» 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	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proceed	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 proceed	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dragon	det
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proceed	nsubj
7	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 mountain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mountain	det
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proceed	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 proceed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	past · do-support	the dragon			what manner		into the mountain	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: 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

By gradually stretching her entire body into a long thin shape, then pushing through

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 stretching	mark
2	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	3 stretching	advmod
3	stretching	stretch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 body	nmod:poss
5	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 body	amod
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stretching	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	11 shape	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 shape	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shape	amod
10	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shape	amod
11	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stretching	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pushing	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 pushing	advmod
14	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stretching	conj
15	through	through	ADV	_	14 pushing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	gerund		her entire body				into a long thin shape result; gradually property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent body=Patient into shape=Result
2	push through	gerund					then	through property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

By stretching out along the cold shaft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 stretching	mark
2	stretching	stretch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 stretching	compound:prt
4	along	along	ADP	_	7 shaft	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shaft	det
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shaft	amod
7	shaft	shaft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stretching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch out	gerund				the cold shaft			vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along shaft=Location

Option 3

By pushing the whole mountain aside and crawling inside through the great hole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pushing	mark
2	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mountain	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mountain	amod
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushing	obj
6	aside	aside	ADV	_	2 pushing	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 crawling	cc
8	crawling	crawl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pushing	conj
9	inside	inside	ADV	_	8 crawling	advmod
10	through	through	ADP	_	13 hole	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hole	det
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hole	amod
13	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crawling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	gerund		the whole mountain				aside property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme
2	crawl	gerund				the great hole		inside property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hole=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By contracting her body to great length

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 contracting	mark
2	contracting	contract	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 body	nmod:poss
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contracting	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 length	case
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 length	amod
7	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contracting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contract	gerund		her body				to great length result	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent body=Patient to length=Result

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