Exam question 3 · Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy he…
Which of the following describes the sequence of events in the king's recovery as narrated in the passage?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: follow, describe, narrate, recover · To what, where: sequence, recovery, passage
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1197 «Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart» 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 | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sequence | det |
| 7 | sequence | sequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 events | case |
| 9 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sequence | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 recovery | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 recovery | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 king | case |
| 14 | recovery | recovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 events | nmod |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 16 narrated | mark |
| 16 | narrated | narrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 recovery | acl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 passage | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 passage | det |
| 19 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 narrated | obl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | 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 | describe | present | the sequence of events in the king's recovery | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme | |||||
| 3 | narrate speech: other | participle | the king's recovery not said here | the passage | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | recover | the king | nom recovery «event 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
The foot was healed in a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 foot | det |
| 2 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 healed | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 healed | aux:pass |
| 4 | healed | heal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 healed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heal | past · passive | the foot | day | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The wound was cured on each side, and the king tested his foot by leaping about
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wound | det |
| 2 | wound | wound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cured | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cured | aux:pass |
| 4 | cured | cure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 side | case |
| 6 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 side | det |
| 7 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cured | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 tested | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 tested | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tested | nsubj |
| 12 | tested | test | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cured | parataxis |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 foot | nmod:poss |
| 14 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tested | obj |
| 15 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 16 leaping | mark |
| 16 | leaping | leap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 tested | advcl |
| 17 | about | about | ADV | _ | 16 leaping | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | past · passive | the wound | each side | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | test | past | the king | king's foot | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | ||||
| 3 | leap | gerund | the king not said here | about property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The balsam was applied twice a day until the wound closed and the king rose
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 balsam | det |
| 2 | balsam | balsam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 applied | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 applied | aux:pass |
| 4 | applied | apply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 applied | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 applied | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | until | until | ADP | _ | 10 wound | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wound | det |
| 10 | wound | wound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 applied | obl |
| 11 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 wound | acl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 rose | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 rose | det |
| 14 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rose | compound |
| 15 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wound | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apply | past · passive | the balsam | until the wound and the king rose; day | twice property | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | close | participle | the wound and the king rose not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
The king's foot was bandaged each morning and the swelling slowly went down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 foot | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bandaged | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 bandaged | aux:pass |
| 6 | bandaged | bandage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 morning | det |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bandaged | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 went | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 swelling | det |
| 11 | swelling | swelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 went | nsubj |
| 12 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 13 went | advmod |
| 13 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 bandaged | conj |
| 14 | down | down | ADV | _ | 13 went | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bandage | past · passive | the king's foot | morning | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 2 | go down | past | the swelling | down, slowly property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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