Exam question 4 · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…
Which description accurately identifies the reward offered by the chieftain for slaying the red eagle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: description · What happens: identify, offer, slay · To what, where: reward, red eagle
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1269 «Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away» 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 description | det |
| 2 | description | description | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 identifies | nsubj |
| 3 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 4 identifies | advmod |
| 4 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 reward | det |
| 6 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 identifies | obj |
| 7 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 reward | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 chieftain | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 chieftain | det |
| 10 | chieftain | chieftain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offered | obl |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 slaying | mark |
| 12 | slaying | slay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 offered | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 eagle | det |
| 14 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 eagle | amod |
| 15 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 slaying | obj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 identifies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | present | which description | the reward | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | |||
| 2 | offer | participle | the reward not said here | by the chieftain | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | slay | gerund | the red eagle | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Patient |
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 choice of a horse and a buffalo robe from his tent to whoever brings the red eagle down
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 choice | det |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 horse | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 horse | det |
| 5 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 choice | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 robe | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 robe | det |
| 8 | buffalo | buffalo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 robe | compound |
| 9 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 choice | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 tent | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 tent | nmod:poss |
| 12 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 robe | nmod |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 whoever | case |
| 14 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 brings | nsubj |
| 15 | brings | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 choice | acl:relcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 eagle | det |
| 17 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 eagle | amod |
| 18 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 brings | obj |
| 19 | down | down | ADV | _ | 15 brings | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | present | whoever | the red eagle | down property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument eagle=Destination |
Option 2
The choice of one of his two sons in war
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 choice | det |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 one | case |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 choice | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 sons | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 sons | nmod:poss |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 sons | nummod |
| 8 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 one | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 war | case |
| 10 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sons | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The choice of one of his two beautiful daughters in marriage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 choice | det |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 one | case |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 choice | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 daughters | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 daughters | nmod:poss |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 daughters | nummod |
| 8 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 daughters | amod |
| 9 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 one | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 marriage | case |
| 11 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 daughters | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The choice of one of his two beautiful daughters in marriage to whoever slays the eagle
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 choice | det |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 one | case |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 choice | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 daughters | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 daughters | nmod:poss |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 daughters | nummod |
| 8 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 daughters | amod |
| 9 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 one | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 marriage | case |
| 11 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 daughters | nmod |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 one | fixed |
| 13 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 slays | nsubj |
| 14 | slays | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 one | acl:relcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 eagle | det |
| 16 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 slays | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slay | present | whoever | the eagle | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Patient |
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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