Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu, par…
Where did Gudu conceal his own provisions, as the narrative relates?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gudu, narrative · What happens: conceal, relate, provide · To what, where: own provisions
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1139 «Indian Fairy Tales, How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu, part 1: Gudu cheats Isuro of food on the road» 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 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 conceal | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 conceal | aux |
| 3 | Gudu | Gudu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 conceal | nsubj |
| 4 | conceal | conceal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 provisions | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 provisions | amod |
| 7 | provisions | provision | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 conceal | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 relates | punct |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 relates | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 narrative | det |
| 11 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 relates | nsubj |
| 12 | relates | relate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 conceal | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 conceal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conceal | past · do-support | Gudu | Gudu's own provisions | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Patient | ||||
| 2 | relate | present | the narrative | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | provide | Gudu | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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
inside the hollow of a tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 3 hollow | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hollow | det |
| 3 | hollow | hollow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tree | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tree | det |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hollow | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
within the thick hair of his neck beneath his collar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | within | within | ADP | _ | 4 hair | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hair | det |
| 3 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hair | amod |
| 4 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 neck | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 neck | nmod:poss |
| 7 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hair | nmod |
| 8 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 10 collar | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 collar | nmod:poss |
| 10 | collar | collar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 neck | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
within the thick hair of his neck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | within | within | ADP | _ | 4 hair | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hair | det |
| 3 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hair | amod |
| 4 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 neck | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 neck | nmod:poss |
| 7 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hair | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
within the thick hair of his neck and shoulders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | within | within | ADP | _ | 4 hair | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hair | det |
| 3 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hair | amod |
| 4 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 neck | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 neck | nmod:poss |
| 7 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hair | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 shoulders | cc |
| 9 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 neck | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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