Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows st…

Describe the means by which the Dryad descended beneath the city.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, Dryad · What happens: describe, mean, descend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 817 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows strangers down into the Paris sewers» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 descended	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dryad	det
7	Dryad	Dryad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 descended	nsubj
8	descended	descend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	11 city	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 city	det
11	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 descended	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	descend	past	the Dryad	beneath the city	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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

By a broad spiral staircase of cast iron that led far beneath the city's streets

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	5 staircase	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 staircase	det
3	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 staircase	amod
4	spiral	spiral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 staircase	amod
5	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 iron	case
7	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 iron	compound
8	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 staircase	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 led	nsubj
10	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 iron	acl:relcl
11	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 led	advmod
12	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	16 streets	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 city	det
14	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 streets	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 city	case
16	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	cast iron			the city's streets		far property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beneath street=Destination

Option 2

Through a narrow tunnel of brick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	4 tunnel	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tunnel	det
3	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tunnel	amod
4	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 brick	case
6	brick	brick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tunnel	nmod

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

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

By a spiral staircase of cast iron

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 staircase	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 staircase	det
3	spiral	spiral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 staircase	amod
4	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 iron	case
6	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 iron	compound
7	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 staircase	nmod

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

Option 4

By sliding down a long wet chute that opened under the old fountain in the square

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sliding	mark
2	sliding	slide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 sliding	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chute	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chute	amod
6	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chute	amod
7	chute	chute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sliding	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 opened	nsubj
9	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chute	acl:relcl
10	under	under	ADP	_	13 fountain	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fountain	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fountain	amod
13	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 opened	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 square	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 square	det
16	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 opened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide down	gerund		a long wet chute					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chute=Agent
2	open	past	a long wet chute			the old fountain		in the square	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under fountain=Location

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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