Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to…
Which of the following is the correct description of the object by which the queen struck the crow?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queen · What happens: follow, be, strike · To what, where: crow
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1179 «Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to a gloomy palace, and frogs help her make a bee-sting pasty and build a cabin» 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 description | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 description | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 description | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 description | case |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 description | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 description | det |
| 7 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 description | amod |
| 8 | description | description | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 object | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 object | det |
| 11 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 description | nmod |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 which | case |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 struck | obl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 queen | det |
| 15 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 struck | nsubj |
| 16 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 object | acl:relcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 crow | det |
| 18 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 struck | obj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 description | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | of the correct description; of the object | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | strike | past | the queen | the crow | by the object | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent crow=Instrument |
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
A silver blade on her belt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 blade | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 blade | amod |
| 3 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 belt | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 belt | nmod:poss |
| 6 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blade | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A bell tied at her waist
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bell | det |
| 2 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 bell | acl |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 waist | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 waist | nmod:poss |
| 6 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | participle | a bell not said here | her waist | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
A stick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 stick | det |
| 2 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A fan hanging from her side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fan | det |
| 2 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | hanging | hang | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 fan | acl |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 side | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 side | nmod:poss |
| 6 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hanging | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | gerund | a fan not said here | her side | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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