Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king'…

At what location did the foolish king conceal the magic objects that the founder had preserved?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: foolish king, magic · What happens: conceal, object, preserve · To what, where: founder

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» 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	At	at	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 conceal	obl
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 conceal	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
6	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 king	amod
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conceal	nsubj
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 magic	det
10	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 objects	nsubj
11	objects	object	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 conceal	parataxis
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 preserved	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 founder	det
14	founder	founder	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 preserved	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 preserved	aux
16	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 objects	advcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	conceal	past · do-support	the foolish king		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at what=Location
2	object speech: other	present	the magic		vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	preserve	past · perfect · passive		the founder	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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

a dark and damp cellar deep beneath the palace, far from any visitors or servants

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cellar	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cellar	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 damp	cc
4	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dark	conj
5	cellar	cellar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cellar	xcomp
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 palace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deep	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 visitors	punct
11	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 visitors	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 visitors	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 visitors	det
14	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cellar	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 servants	cc
16	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 visitors	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cellar	present	dark					deep property	vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

a dark room beneath the tower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 room	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 room	amod
3	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tower	det
6	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 room	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

a dark and damp cellar beneath the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cellar	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cellar	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 damp	cc
4	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dark	conj
5	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 palace	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cellar	nmod

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

Option 4

a damp hall beside the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hall	det
2	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hall	amod
3	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	beside	beside	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hall	nmod

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

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