Exam question 3 · Picture-Book without Pictures, The Moon's Tales, part 114:…

State the chief reason the narrator withdraws at the close of the coffin episode.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: withdraw · To what, where: State chief reason, close

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 withdraws	nsubj
7	withdraws	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 close	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 close	det
10	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 withdraws	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 episode	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 episode	det
13	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 episode	compound
14	episode	episode	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 close	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	present	the narrator	the State chief reason not said here		the close of the coffin episode			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=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 · ✓ the right answer

The red morning clouds conceal him as the lark sings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clouds	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clouds	amod
3	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clouds	compound
4	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 conceal	nsubj
5	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 conceal	obj
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 sings	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lark	det
9	lark	lark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sings	nsubj
10	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 conceal	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present	the red morning clouds	him = he					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	sing speech: express	present	the lark						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Clouds of the sunrise hide the moon from the lark's song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hide	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 sunrise	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sunrise	det
4	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Clouds	nmod
5	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moon	det
7	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hide	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	12 song	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lark	det
10	lark	lark	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 song	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 lark	case
12	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hide	present	Clouds of the sunrise	the moon	the lark's song	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent moon=Patient from song=Beneficiary
2	cloud			the sunrise		nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
3	sing		the lark			nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He is tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tired	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	cop
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					tired property	tree rules

Option 4

The dark night ends and the sun rises over the frozen hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 night	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 night	amod
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ends	nsubj
4	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rises	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rises	nsubj
8	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ends	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	12 hills	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hills	det
11	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 hills	amod
12	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rises	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	end	present	the dark night		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	rise	present	the sun	the frozen hills	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over hill=Location
3	freeze	participle			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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