Exam question 2 · A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the ol…

What, according to the Rat, was his principal complaint regarding contemporary illumination?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: accord, be, regard · To what, where: principal complaint

This is exam question 2 of lesson 818 «A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the old days, the Dryad dances at Mabille and flies to the red tower, and the fishes gossip» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 Rat	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rat	det
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 complaint	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Rat	punct
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 complaint	cop
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 complaint	nmod:poss
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 complaint	amod
11	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
12	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 illumination	case
13	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 illumination	amod
14	illumination	illumination	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 complaint	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	his principal complaint	accord the Rat; regard contemporary illumination	tree rules
3	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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

that it consisted of gas and petroleum and was far too bright for the eyes

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 consisted	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 consisted	nsubj
3	consisted	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 gas	case
5	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consisted	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 petroleum	cc
7	petroleum	petroleum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gas	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bright	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bright	cop
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 bright	advmod
11	too	too	ADV	_	12 bright	advmod
12	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 consisted	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 eyes	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 eyes	det
15	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 bright	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	past	it					of gas and petroleum	tree rules
2	is	past						for the eyes; bright, far property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

that it consisted of gas and petroleum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 consisted	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 consisted	nsubj
3	consisted	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 gas	case
5	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consisted	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 petroleum	cc
7	petroleum	petroleum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gas	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	past	it					of gas and petroleum	tree rules

Option 3

that it was made of tallow and wax

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 made	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 tallow	case
6	tallow	tallow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wax	cc
8	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tallow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		it				of tallow and wax	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

that the whole city had been lit by gas and petroleum since last winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 lit	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 city	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 city	amod
4	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lit	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lit	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 lit	aux:pass
7	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 gas	case
9	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lit	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 petroleum	cc
11	petroleum	petroleum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gas	conj
12	since	since	ADP	_	14 winter	case
13	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 winter	amod
14	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lit	past · perfect · passive	gas and petroleum	the whole city			winter		tree rules

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