Exam question 1 · The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part…

What is the name of the town in which the hero Makoma was born?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, bear · To what, where: name, hero, town

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1135 «The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 name	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 name	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 name	det
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 town	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 town	det
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 name	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 born	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hero	det
11	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 born	nsubj:pass
12	Makoma	Makoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hero	appos
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 born	aux:pass
14	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 town	acl:relcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the name				of the town	tree rules
2	bear	past · passive		the hero		the town			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Sena, located near the hills of Matabele

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sena	Sena	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 located	punct
3	located	locate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Sena	acl
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 hills	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hills	det
6	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 located	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Matabele	case
8	Matabele	Matabele	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hills	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	locate	participle		Sena not said here		the hills of Matabele			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Senna, situated on the banks of the Zambesi

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Senna	Senna	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Senna	punct
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 banks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 banks	det
6	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 situated	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Zambesi	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Zambesi	det
9	Zambesi	Zambesi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 banks	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		Senna		the banks of the Zambesi			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on bank=Destination

Option 3

Senna, by the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Senna	Senna	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Senna	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Senna	nmod

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

Option 4

Tete, situated on the banks of the Limpopo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tete	Tete	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Tete	punct
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 banks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 banks	det
6	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 situated	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Limpopo	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Limpopo	det
9	Limpopo	Limpopo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 banks	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		Tete		the banks of the Limpopo			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on bank=Destination

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