Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays d…
To whom did the protagonist's late father's creditor reside, according to the account?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: do, reside, accord · To what, where: creditor
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1186 «Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays debts, rises at court, and is sent to find the princess» 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 | To | to | SCONJ | _ | 3 did | mark |
| 2 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 reside | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 protagonist | det |
| 5 | protagonist | protagonist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 father | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 protagonist | case |
| 7 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 father | amod |
| 8 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 creditor | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 father | case |
| 10 | creditor | creditor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 11 | reside | reside | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 account | punct |
| 13 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 account | case |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 according | fixed |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 account | det |
| 16 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 reside | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 reside | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the protagonist's late father's creditor | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creditor=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | reside | imperative | you not said here | accord the account | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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
The elderly miser's brother who lived in a grand house at the far end of the village market
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 miser | det |
| 2 | elderly | elderly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 miser | amod |
| 3 | miser | miser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brother | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 miser | case |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 lived | nsubj |
| 7 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 brother | acl:relcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 house | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 house | det |
| 10 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 house | amod |
| 11 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lived | obl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 end | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 end | det |
| 14 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 end | amod |
| 15 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lived | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 market | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 market | det |
| 18 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 market | compound |
| 19 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 end | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the elderly miser's brother | a grand house | at the far end of the village market | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
Option 2
An elderly miser who lived at the far end of the village beside the river
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 miser | det |
| 2 | elderly | elderly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 miser | amod |
| 3 | miser | miser | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 lived | nsubj |
| 5 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 miser | acl:relcl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 8 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 end | amod |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lived | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 village | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 village | det |
| 12 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 end | nmod |
| 13 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 15 river | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 river | det |
| 15 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | a elderly miser | at the far end of the village | beside the river | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
An elderly miser at the far end of the village
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 miser | det |
| 2 | elderly | elderly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 miser | amod |
| 3 | miser | miser | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 6 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 end | amod |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 miser | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 village | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 village | det |
| 10 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 end | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A greedy merchant living by the mill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 merchant | det |
| 2 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 merchant | amod |
| 3 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 merchant | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 mill | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mill | det |
| 7 | mill | mill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 living | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | gerund | a greedy merchant not said here | by the mill | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by mill=Location |
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