Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the…

Pursuant to the terms of the examination, state which object the youngest son first obtained from the amphibian.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: obtain, term · To what, where: youngest son, amphibian, examination

This is exam question 1 of lesson 105 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the crown with a carpet, a ring and a bride; then Snow-White begins» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 terms	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 terms	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 terms	det
4	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 examination	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 examination	det
7	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 terms	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 state	punct
9	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 examination	conj
10	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 object	det
11	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 examination	nmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 son	det
13	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 son	amod
14	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 object	appos
15	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 obtained	advmod
16	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 son	acl
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 amphibian	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 amphibian	det
19	amphibian	amphibian	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 obtained	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 terms	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	participle		the youngest son not said here		the amphibian		first property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from amphibian=Source
2	term			the examination which object and state					nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 carpet of unparalleled and magnificent design from the toad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 carpet	det
2	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 design	case
4	unparalleled	unparalleled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 design	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 magnificent	cc
6	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 unparalleled	conj
7	design	design	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carpet	nmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 toad	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 toad	det
10	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 design	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

a crown of remarkable gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 crown	det
2	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 gold	case
4	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gold	amod
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crown	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crown			remarkable gold					nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

an extraordinarily intricate carpet of unparalleled design woven by the toad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 carpet	det
2	extraordinarily	extraordinarily	ADV	_	4 carpet	advmod
3	intricate	intricate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carpet	compound
4	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 design	case
6	unparalleled	unparalleled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 design	amod
7	design	design	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carpet	nmod
8	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 design	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 toad	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 toad	det
11	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 woven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	participle		unparalleled design not said here				by the toad	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by toad=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a carpet of unparalleled design

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 carpet	det
2	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 design	case
4	unparalleled	unparalleled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 design	amod
5	design	design	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carpet	nmod

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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