Exam question 1 · Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hai…

Which location is named as the site of the assembly at the outset of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: name · To what, where: location

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1068 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin» 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 location	det
2	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 named	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 named	aux:pass
4	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 site	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 site	det
7	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 named	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 assembly	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 assembly	det
10	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 site	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 outset	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 outset	det
13	outset	outset	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 assembly	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 narrative	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 outset	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 named	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present · passive		which location				as the site of the assembly at the outset of the narrative	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as site=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

The Hill of Tara in Royal Meath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hill	det
2	Hill	Hill	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Tara	case
4	Tara	Tara	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Hill	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Meath	case
6	Royal	Royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Meath	amod
7	Meath	Meath	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Hill	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Hill of Uisneach in Royal Meath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hill	det
2	Hill	Hill	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Uisneach	case
4	Uisneach	Uisneach	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Hill	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Meath	case
6	Royal	Royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Meath	amod
7	Meath	Meath	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Hill	nmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The ancient sacred hill of Uisneach and the royal fort there in Meath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hill	det
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hill	amod
3	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hill	amod
4	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Uisneach	case
6	Uisneach	Uisneach	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hill	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fort	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fort	det
9	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fort	amod
10	fort	fort	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hill	conj
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 fort	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 Meath	case
13	Meath	Meath	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fort	nmod

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

Option 4

The great Hill of Uisneach in the heart of Royal Meath, Ireland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Hill	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Hill	amod
3	Hill	Hill	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Uisneach	case
5	Uisneach	Uisneach	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Hill	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 heart	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 heart	det
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Hill	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Meath	case
10	Royal	Royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Meath	amod
11	Meath	Meath	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 heart	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Ireland	punct
13	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Meath	appos

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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