Exam question 1 · Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High Ki…
With reference to the passage, state the name by which the lady was known after her marriage to the High King.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, name, her · What happens: state, know, marry · To what, where: name, lady
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1051 «Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High King asks a silent lady in a chariot to marry him» 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 reference | case |
| 2 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 state | obl |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 passage | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 passage | det |
| 5 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reference | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 reference | punct |
| 7 | state | state | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 name | det |
| 9 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 state | obj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 which | case |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 known | obl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lady | det |
| 13 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 known | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 known | aux:pass |
| 15 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 name | acl:relcl |
| 16 | after | after | ADP | _ | 18 marriage | case |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 marriage | nmod:poss |
| 18 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 known | obl |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 King | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 King | det |
| 21 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 King | amod |
| 22 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 marriage | nmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 state | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the name | with reference to the passage | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic | |||
| 2 | know | past · passive | the name | the lady | after her marriage to the High King | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | marry | her = she | to the High King | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
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
Becfola the Dowerless
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Becfola | Becfola | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Dowerless | det |
| 3 | Dowerless | Dowerless | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Becfola | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Becfola the Gentle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Becfola | Becfola | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Gentle | det |
| 3 | Gentle | Gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Becfola | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Becfola of the Ford
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Becfola | Becfola | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Ford | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Ford | det |
| 4 | Ford | Ford | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Becfola | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Becfola the Dowerless, Queen of the Hill Fort
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Becfola | Becfola | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Dowerless | det |
| 3 | Dowerless | Dowerless | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Becfola | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Queen | punct |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Becfola | appos |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Fort | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Fort | det |
| 8 | Hill | Hill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Fort | compound |
| 9 | Fort | Fort | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Queen | 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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