Exam question 2 · Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, part 16: the pet fawn…
Which phrase describes Saeve's manner upon entering Fionn's chamber?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, manner · What happens: describe, enter · To what, where: manner, chamber
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1048 «Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, part 16: the pet fawn is spared, and Saeve comes to Fionn's door at night» 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 phrase | det |
| 2 | phrase | phrase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 describes | nsubj |
| 3 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Saeve | Saeve | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 manner | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Saeve | case |
| 6 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 describes | obj |
| 7 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 8 entering | mark |
| 8 | entering | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 manner | acl |
| 9 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 chamber | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Fionn | case |
| 11 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 entering | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | which phrase | Saeve's manner | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | ||||
| 2 | enter | gerund | Saeve's manner not said here | Fionn's chamber | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chamber=Destination |
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
sad, and proud as a queen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 proud | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 proud | cc |
| 4 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 sad | conj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 queen | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 queen | det |
| 7 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 proud | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
very shy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | very | very | ADV | _ | 2 shy | advmod |
| 2 | shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
smiling, and shy as a flower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smiling | smile | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 shy | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shy | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 shy | cc |
| 4 | shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 flower | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 flower | det |
| 7 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
angry, and bold as a lion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bold | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 bold | cc |
| 4 | bold | bold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 angry | conj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 lion | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lion | det |
| 7 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bold | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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