Exam question 1 · Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries t…
What is the name of the witch's grandson, and what is he called to do at the end of this part?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be, call, do · To what, where: name, he, end · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1212 «Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries the gold and the bridge, and Ball-Carrier goes home» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 name | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 name | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 name | det |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 grandson | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 witch | det |
| 7 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grandson | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 witch | case |
| 9 | grandson | grandson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 name | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 called | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 called | cc |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 called | obj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 called | aux:pass |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 called | nsubj |
| 15 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 name | conj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 do | mark |
| 17 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 called | xcomp |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 end | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 end | det |
| 20 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 do | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 part | case |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 part | det |
| 23 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 end | nmod |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 name | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the name | of the witch's grandson | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | call | present · passive | he | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | at the end of this part | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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
Ball-Carrier, sent away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Carrier | punct |
| 3 | Carrier | Carrier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ball | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sent | punct |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Ball | acl |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 sent | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send away | participle | Ball not said here | away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ball-Carrier, who is sent home to his parents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Carrier | punct |
| 3 | Carrier | Carrier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ball | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sent | punct |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 sent | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sent | aux:pass |
| 7 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Ball | acl |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 sent | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 parents | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 parents | nmod:poss |
| 11 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present · passive | Ball | Carrier's parents | home property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to parent=Destination |
Option 3
Ball-Carrier, sent to the hills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Carrier | punct |
| 3 | Carrier | Carrier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ball | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sent | punct |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Ball | acl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 hills | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hills | det |
| 8 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | participle | Ball not said here | the hills | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to hill=Destination |
Option 4
Bad One, sent to his parents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 One | amod |
| 2 | One | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sent | punct |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 One | acl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 parents | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 parents | nmod:poss |
| 7 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | participle | Bad One not said here | his parents | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to parent=Destination |
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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