Exam question 1 · Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4:…
Which people gained sovereignty over the land at the conclusion of the narrative?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: people · What happens: gain, conclude · To what, where: sovereignty, land, narrative
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1138 «Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4: the Mirror is stolen and the white men take all the power» 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 people | det |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gained | nsubj |
| 3 | gained | gain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sovereignty | sovereignty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gained | obj |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 land | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 land | det |
| 7 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gained | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 conclusion | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 conclusion | det |
| 10 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gained | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 narrative | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 narrative | det |
| 13 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 conclusion | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 gained | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gain | past | which people | sovereignty | the land | at the conclusion of the narrative | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent sovereignty=Theme at conclusion=Asset | ||
| 2 | conclude | the narrative | nom conclusion «cognition 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
The chief Gopani-Kufa again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Gopani | det |
| 2 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Gopani | amod |
| 3 | Gopani | Gopani | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Kufa | punct |
| 5 | Kufa | Kufa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Gopani | conj |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 Gopani | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The white men, through possession of the Magic Mirror
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 men | det |
| 2 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 men | amod |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 possession | punct |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 possession | case |
| 6 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 men | appos |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Mirror | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Mirror | det |
| 9 | Magic | Magic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Mirror | compound |
| 10 | Mirror | Mirror | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 possession | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possess | the Magic Mirror | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
The white men, through possession of the Magic Mirror, which they had stolen from the grieving chief's own daughter
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 men | det |
| 2 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 men | amod |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 possession | punct |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 possession | case |
| 6 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 men | appos |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Mirror | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Mirror | det |
| 9 | Magic | Magic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Mirror | compound |
| 10 | Mirror | Mirror | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 possession | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 stolen | punct |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 stolen | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 stolen | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 stolen | aux |
| 15 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 possession | acl |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 daughter | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 chief | det |
| 18 | grieving | grieve | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 chief | amod |
| 19 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 chief | case |
| 21 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 daughter | amod |
| 22 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 stolen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past · perfect · passive | possession of the Magic Mirror | from the grieving chief's own daughter | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from daughter=Source | ||||
| 2 | grieve | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | possess | the Magic Mirror | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
The white men, through possession of the Magic Mirror and the gold they took from the town
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 men | det |
| 2 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 men | amod |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 possession | punct |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 possession | case |
| 6 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 men | appos |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Mirror | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Mirror | det |
| 9 | Magic | Magic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Mirror | compound |
| 10 | Mirror | Mirror | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 possession | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 gold | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 gold | det |
| 13 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Mirror | conj |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 took | nsubj |
| 15 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 gold | acl:relcl |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 town | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 town | det |
| 18 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 took | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Mirror | the gold not said here | the town | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent gold=Theme from town=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | possess | the Magic Mirror and the gold | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
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