Exam question 3 · Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4:…

In what manner did the king attempt to obtain a view of Paradise?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, obtain, view · To what, where: king attempt, manner, view, Paradise

This is exam question 3 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attempt	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attempt	compound
7	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 obtain	mark
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 attempt	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 view	det
11	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtain	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Paradise	case
13	Paradise	paradise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 view	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	the king attempt	what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Eventuality
2	obtain	to-infinitive	a view of Paradise		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset view=Theme
3	view		Paradise		nom view «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

By climbing the mountain at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 climbing	mark
2	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mountain	det
4	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 dawn	case
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund		the mountain			dawn		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location mountain=Theme

Option 2

By sitting quietly beside the fakeer's tomb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sitting	mark
2	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 sitting	advmod
4	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 tomb	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fakeer	det
6	fakeer	fakeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tomb	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 fakeer	case
8	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund				the fakeer's tomb		quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside tomb=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By laying his hand upon the fakeer's grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 laying	mark
2	laying	lay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laying	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 grave	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fakeer	det
7	fakeer	fakeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grave	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 fakeer	case
9	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	gerund		his hand		the fakeer's grave			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon grave=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By reading the holy book aloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 reading	mark
2	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 book	det
4	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 book	amod
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reading	obj
6	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	2 reading	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	gerund		the holy book				aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

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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