Exam question 3 · World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1:…

Which of the following accurately identifies the object which Rosald removed from the body of the slain robber chief?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: follow, identify, remove · To what, where: object, body

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1219 «World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1: two friends ride off, Rosald wins the fight, and Geirald takes the glory» 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	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	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 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 removed	nsubj
10	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 removed	nsubj
11	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 object	acl:relcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 body	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 body	det
14	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 removed	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	19 chief	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 chief	det
17	slain	slain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 chief	amod
18	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 chief	compound
19	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 body	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the object		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
3	remove	past	the object		the body of the slain robber chief		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from body=Source

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 chain set with a small gem

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 set	det
2	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	compound
3	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 gem	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gem	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gem	amod
7	gem	gem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	nmod

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

Option 2

a golden ring set with a large stone and a family crest on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 set	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 set	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	compound
4	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 stone	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stone	det
7	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stone	amod
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 crest	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 crest	det
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 crest	compound
12	crest	crest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 crest	nmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

a ring set with a large stone taken from his left hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 set	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	compound
3	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 stone	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stone	det
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stone	amod
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	nmod
8	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 stone	acl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 hand	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hand	nmod:poss
11	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hand	amod
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a large stone not said here		his left hand			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from hand=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a ring set with a large stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 set	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	compound
3	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 stone	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stone	det
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stone	amod
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	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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