Exam question 3 · Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monk…
Which material is used for the vessels served to the lesser guests at the feast?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vessels · What happens: use, serve · To what, where: material, lesser guests, feast
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1258 «Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey, part 59: the clever tortoise tricks an elephant and a whale into a tug-of-war» 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 material | det |
| 2 | material | material | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 used | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 used | aux:pass |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 served | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 vessels | det |
| 7 | vessels | vessel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 served | nsubj |
| 8 | served | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 used | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 guests | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 guests | det |
| 11 | lesser | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 guests | amod |
| 12 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 served | obl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 feast | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 feast | det |
| 15 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 served | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · passive | which material | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | serve | past | the vessels | the lesser guests | the feast | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to guest=Recipient |
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
Bronze, for the poor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bronze | bronze | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 poor | punct |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 poor | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 poor | det |
| 5 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Bronze | acl:relcl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bronze | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Pewter vessels, cheaper than those of the high-born nobles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pewter | pewter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 vessels | compound |
| 2 | vessels | vessel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cheaper | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 cheaper | punct |
| 4 | cheaper | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 those | case |
| 6 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 cheaper | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 nobles | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 nobles | det |
| 9 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 born | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 high | punct |
| 11 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 nobles | amod |
| 12 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 those | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cheaper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | participle | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Silver, but only after the king had first ordered the gold ones carried away to the treasury for safekeeping.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 carried | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ordered | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 ordered | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 king | advmod |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ordered | obl |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 ordered | aux |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 ordered | advmod |
| 10 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Silver | acl:relcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ones | det |
| 12 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ones | compound |
| 13 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 ordered | obj |
| 14 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 14 carried | advmod |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 treasury | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 treasury | det |
| 18 | treasury | treasury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 carried | obl |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 safekeeping | case |
| 20 | safekeeping | safekeeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 treasury | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 carried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past · perfect | Silver not said here | the gold ones | after the king | first property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||
| 2 | carry away | past | Silver | the treasury for safekeeping | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to treasury=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Silver, as distinct from the gold reserved for the nobles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reserved | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 distinct | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 distinct | case |
| 4 | distinct | distinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Silver | amod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gold | det |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 distinct | obl |
| 8 | reserved | reserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 nobles | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 nobles | det |
| 11 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 reserved | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 reserved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reserve | past | Silver | for the nobles | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for noble=Beneficiary |
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