Exam question 4 · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record
Ascertain the origin of the melody widely known in English as "Carol of the Bells".
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, know · To what, where: origin, melody, English
This is exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» of the arts 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 origin | det |
| 3 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 melody | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 melody | det |
| 6 | melody | melody | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 origin | nmod |
| 7 | widely | widely | ADV | _ | 8 known | advmod |
| 8 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 melody | acl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 English | case |
| 10 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 known | obl |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 Carol | case |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Carol | punct |
| 13 | Carol | Carol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 known | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Bells | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Bells | det |
| 16 | Bells | Bell | PROPN | Number=Plur | 13 Carol | nmod |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Carol | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the origin of the melody | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent origin=Topic | ||||
| 2 | know | participle | the melody not said here | English | as Carol of the Bells; widely property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as carol=Attribute |
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
A composition by a performer of popular music in 1994
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 composition | det |
| 2 | composition | composition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 performer | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 performer | det |
| 5 | performer | performer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 composition | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 music | case |
| 7 | popular | popular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 music | amod |
| 8 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 performer | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 1994 | case |
| 10 | 1994 | 1994 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 composition | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
An original composition for a motion picture of the 1990s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 composition | det |
| 2 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 composition | amod |
| 3 | composition | composition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 picture | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 picture | det |
| 6 | motion | motion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 picture | compound |
| 7 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 composition | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 1990s | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 1990s | det |
| 10 | 1990s | 1990s | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 7 picture | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The Ukrainian New Year song "Shchedryk", arranged by Mykola Leontovych
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 song | det |
| 2 | Ukrainian | Ukrainian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Year | compound |
| 3 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Year | compound |
| 4 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 song | compound |
| 5 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Shchedryk | punct |
| 7 | Shchedryk | Shchedryk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 song | appos |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Shchedryk | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 arranged | punct |
| 10 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 song | acl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 Mykola | case |
| 12 | Mykola | Mykola | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 arranged | obl:agent |
| 13 | Leontovych | Leontovych | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Mykola | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrange | participle | the Year song not said here | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
A traditional English hymn of unknown authorship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hymn | det |
| 2 | traditional | traditional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hymn | amod |
| 3 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hymn | amod |
| 4 | hymn | hymn | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 authorship | case |
| 6 | unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 authorship | amod |
| 7 | authorship | authorship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hymn | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hymn | unknown authorship | nom hymn «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
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