Exam question 3 · South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: th…

Which object does the puma describe as a lovely bracelet, and what is its actual effect on the stag?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, describe, be · To what, where: puma, actual effect, stag

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1261 «South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: the puma tricks the stag, the stag is framed for theft, the monkey outwits the puma» 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 puma	det
5	puma	puma	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
6	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	xcomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 bracelet	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bracelet	det
9	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bracelet	amod
10	bracelet	bracelet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describe	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 effect	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 effect	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 effect	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 effect	cop
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 effect	nmod:poss
16	actual	actual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 effect	amod
17	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	parataxis
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 stag	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 stag	det
20	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 effect	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present	which object	the puma			tree rules
2	describe	present	which object not said here			as a lovely bracelet	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as bracelet=Attribute
3	is a	present		object's actual effect	the stag		tree rules

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 shining snake, which bites him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 snake	det
2	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 snake	amod
3	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bites	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 bites	nsubj
6	bites	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 snake	acl:relcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bites	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bite	present	a shining snake	snake					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

A bright bowl, which burns him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bowl	det
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bowl	amod
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 burns	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 burns	nsubj
6	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bowl	acl:relcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 burns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	a bright bowl	him = he					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

A bracelet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bracelet	det
2	bracelet	bracelet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

A shiny stone, which trips him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stone	det
2	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stone	amod
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trips	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 trips	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 trips	nsubj
6	trips	trip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trips	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trip	present	a shiny stone	him = he					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent

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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