Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins r…

Which of the following accurately designates the location to which the orphans first resorted for sustenance of the avian population?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: orphans · What happens: follow, designate, resort · To what, where: location

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1188 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins run off, reach a shut hut, and overhear swallows talking about a queen and a crystal cradle» 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	6 designates	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 designates	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 designates	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 designates	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 designates	advmod
6	designates	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 location	det
8	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 designates	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 resorted	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 orphans	det
12	orphans	orphan	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 resorted	nsubj
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 resorted	advmod
14	resorted	resort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 location	acl:relcl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 sustenance	case
16	sustenance	sustenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 resorted	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 population	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 population	det
19	avian	avian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 population	amod
20	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sustenance	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 designates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	designate	present		the location	accurately property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Theme
3	resort	past	the orphans		to the location; for sustenance of the avian population; first property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to which=Result

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

the rocky shore beneath the high castle walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shore	det
2	rocky	rocky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shore	amod
3	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 walls	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walls	det
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 walls	amod
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walls	compound
8	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shore	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the wooden bench near the old stone bridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bench	det
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bench	amod
3	bench	bench	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	8 bridge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bridge	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bridge	amod
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bridge	compound
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bench	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the bank of the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bank	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bank	nmod

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

Option 4

the edge of the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 edge	det
2	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 wood	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wood	det
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 edge	nmod

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

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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