Exam question 2 · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…

State the material with which the badger family's dwelling walls and roof were constructed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: construct · To what, where: dwelling walls

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1268 «Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the bear begs for meat, then drives the badger family out of their home» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 material	det
3	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 constructed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
7	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 family	compound
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walls	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 family	case
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walls	compound
11	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 constructed	nsubj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 roof	cc
13	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walls	conj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 constructed	aux:pass
15	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 material	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	past · passive		the badger family's dwelling walls and roof				with the material	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with which=Instrument

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

Piled stones, mud, and dry straw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Piled	pile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stones	amod
2	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mud	punct
4	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stones	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 straw	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 straw	cc
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 straw	amod
8	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stones	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pile	participle							vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Clay and reeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 reeds	cc
3	reeds	reed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Clay	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reed	present	Clay not said here						tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Rocks and straw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 straw	cc
3	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rocks	conj

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

Option 4

Rocks and straw bound tightly with clay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bound	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 straw	cc
3	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rocks	conj
4	bound	bound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	4 bound	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 clay	case
7	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bound	present	Rocks and straw					with clay; tightly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: 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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