Exam question 4 · pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake cock, a magic switch…

Which of the following correctly identifies the setting in which the Story of the Yara commences?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Story · What happens: follow, identify, commence · To what, where: setting

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1215 «pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake cock, a magic switch, and a new tale begins» 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 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	csubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 following	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 setting	det
8	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 commences	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Story	det
12	Story	Story	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 commences	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Yara	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Yara	det
15	Yara	Yara	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Story	nmod
16	commences	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 setting	acl:relcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				correctly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the setting			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent setting=Theme
3	commence	present	the Story of the Yara		the setting		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 right answer

A southern region where the sun renders the day intensely hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 region	det
2	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 region	amod
3	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 renders	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 renders	nsubj
7	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 region	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 renders	obj
10	intensely	intensely	ADV	_	11 hot	advmod
11	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	the sun				day		vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A southern coast where fishermen work at dawn each day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 coast	det
2	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 coast	amod
3	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 work	nsubj
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 work	advmod
5	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 work	nsubj
6	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dawn	case
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 work	obl
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 work	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	a southern coast				dawn; day		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A southern village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 village	det
2	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 village	amod
3	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

A cold northern town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 town	det
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 town	amod
3	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 town	amod
4	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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