Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle…
Which being is described as the lord of the under-world at the opening of this part?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: describe · To what, where: opening
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1249 «Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle his hills and serves three masters» 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 | 4 described | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 described | aux:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 described | aux:pass |
| 4 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 lord | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lord | det |
| 7 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 described | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 world | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 world | det |
| 10 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 world | case |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 under | punct |
| 12 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lord | nmod |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 opening | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 opening | det |
| 15 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 described | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 part | case |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 part | det |
| 18 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 opening | nmod |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 described | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | gerund · passive | the opening of this part | as the lord of the world | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as lord=Attribute |
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
Rübezahl, the mountain gnome
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rübezahl | Rübezahl | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 gnome | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gnome | det |
| 4 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gnome | compound |
| 5 | gnome | gnome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rübezahl | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Thor, the storm giant
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thor | thor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 giant | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 giant | det |
| 4 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 giant | compound |
| 5 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Thor | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Loki, the mischief-making god
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loki | loki | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 god | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 god | det |
| 4 | mischief | mischief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 making | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 mischief | punct |
| 6 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 god | amod |
| 7 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Loki | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 4
Odin, the wandering old god
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odin | Odin | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 god | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 god | det |
| 4 | wandering | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 god | amod |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 god | amod |
| 6 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Odin | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wonder speech: ask | gerund | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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