Exam question 2 · Picture-Book without Pictures, The Moon's Tales, part 114:…

Describe the manner in which the funeral van departs and what consequences ensue along the public highway.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, funeral van, consequences · What happens: describe, depart, ensue · To what, where: manner, public highway

This is exam question 2 of lesson 903 «Picture-Book without Pictures, The Moon's Tales, part 114: Greenland, the old maid's coffin, Pompeii» 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 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 departs	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 van	det
7	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 van	compound
8	van	van	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 departs	nsubj
9	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 what	cc
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 departs	obj
12	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ensue	nsubj
13	ensue	ensue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 what	acl:relcl
14	along	along	ADP	_	17 highway	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 highway	det
16	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 highway	amod
17	highway	highway	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ensue	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	depart	present	the funeral van			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Initial_Location
3	ensue	present	consequences		the public highway	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme along highway=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

It departs briskly and the coffin is thrown onto the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 departs	nsubj
2	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	briskly	briskly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 departs	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 thrown	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coffin	det
6	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thrown	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thrown	aux:pass
8	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 departs	conj
9	onto	onto	ADP	_	11 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	present	It					briskly property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	throw	present · passive		the coffin		the road			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme onto road=Destination

Option 2

It speeds off quickly, and the horses bolt down the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 speeds	nsubj
2	speeds	speed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 speeds	compound:prt
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 speeds	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bolt	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bolt	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 horses	det
8	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bolt	nsubj
9	bolt	bolt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 speeds	conj
10	down	down	ADP	_	12 hill	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hill	det
12	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bolt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speed off	present	It					quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bolt down	present	the horses	the hill					vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: agent=Agent hill=Patient

Option 3

It rolls off fast and the family follows on foot behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rolls	nsubj
2	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 rolls	compound:prt
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 rolls	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 follows	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 family	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 follows	nsubj
8	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rolls	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 foot	case
10	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 follows	obl
11	behind	behind	ADV	_	8 follows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll off	present	It					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	follow	present	the family			foot		behind property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on foot=Location

Option 4

It departs briskly along the high-road, and the coffin is thrown out onto the road in the crash

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 departs	nsubj
2	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	briskly	briskly	ADV	_	2 departs	advmod
4	along	along	ADP	_	8 road	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 road	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 high	punct
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 departs	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 thrown	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thrown	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 coffin	det
12	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thrown	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 thrown	aux:pass
14	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 departs	parataxis
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 thrown	compound:prt
16	onto	onto	ADP	_	18 road	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 road	det
18	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thrown	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 crash	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 crash	det
21	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	present	It			the high road		briskly property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme along road=Initial_Location
2	throw out	present · passive		the coffin		the road		in the crash	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme onto road=Destination

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