Exam question 1 · Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest…

Which location was selected by Alonzo for his nocturnal immersion?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alonzo · What happens: select, immerse · To what, where: location

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 location	det
2	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 selected	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 selected	aux:pass
4	selected	select	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Alonzo	case
6	Alonzo	Alonzo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 selected	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 immersion	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 immersion	nmod:poss
9	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 immersion	amod
10	immersion	immersion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 selected	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 selected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	past · passive	Alonzo	which location				for Alonzo's nocturnal immersion	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	immerse		Alonzo						nom immersion «event transitive»: 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

A quiet lake beyond the village wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lake	det
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lake	amod
3	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	7 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wall	compound
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lake	nmod

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

Option 2

A broad, calm, sun-warmed pool in the middle of the open meadow beyond the village mill

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pool	det
2	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pool	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 calm	punct
4	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 broad	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pool	punct
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 warmed	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 sun	punct
8	warmed	warm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 pool	amod
9	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 middle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 middle	det
12	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pool	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 meadow	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 meadow	det
15	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 meadow	amod
16	meadow	meadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 middle	nmod
17	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	20 mill	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mill	det
19	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 mill	compound
20	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pool	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A deep, dark pool at the river's edge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pool	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pool	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 deep	punct
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pool	amod
5	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	10 edge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 edge	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 river	case
10	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pool	nmod

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

Option 4

A deep, dark pool at the river's edge, hidden under the overhanging ferns and willows

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pool	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pool	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 deep	punct
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pool	amod
5	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	10 edge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 edge	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 river	case
10	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pool	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hidden	punct
12	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pool	acl
13	under	under	ADP	_	16 ferns	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ferns	det
15	overhanging	overhang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 ferns	amod
16	ferns	fern	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hidden	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 willows	cc
18	willows	willow	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 ferns	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		a deep dark pool at the river's edge not said here		the overhanging ferns and willows			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under fern=Location
2	overhang	gerund							vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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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