Exam question 1 · Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast u…

Which place is named by the narrator as the site of the mice's nocturnal feast?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: name · To what, where: place

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1272 «Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast until fiery eyes creep into their skull» 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 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 named	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 named	aux:pass
4	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 narrator	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 narrator	det
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 named	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 site	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 site	det
10	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 named	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 feast	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mice	det
13	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 feast	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 mice	case
15	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 feast	amod
16	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 site	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 named	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present · passive	the narrator	which place				as the site of the mice's nocturnal feast	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as site=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 dark interior of a cracked old buffalo skull beside the wolves' den at the edge of the plain

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 interior	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 interior	amod
3	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 skull	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 skull	det
6	cracked	crack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 skull	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 skull	amod
8	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skull	compound
9	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interior	nmod
10	beside	beside	ADP	_	14 den	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wolves	det
12	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 den	nmod:poss
13	'	's	PART	_	12 wolves	case
14	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skull	nmod
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 edge	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 edge	det
17	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interior	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 plain	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 plain	det
20	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 edge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack	participle							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The hollow inside the enormous, weathered buffalo skull lying on the open prairie far from the river

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hollow	det
2	hollow	hollow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	inside	inside	ADP	_	5 enormous	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 enormous	det
5	enormous	enormous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hollow	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 skull	punct
7	weathered	weather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 skull	amod
8	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skull	compound
9	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hollow	conj
10	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 skull	acl
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 prairie	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prairie	det
13	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 prairie	amod
14	prairie	prairie	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lying	obl
15	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 lying	advmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 river	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 river	det
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 far	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weather	participle							tree rules
2	lie	gerund	weathered buffalo skull not said here			the open prairie		far property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on prairie=Location

Option 3

The hollow of a dead buffalo's head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hollow	det
2	hollow	hollow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 head	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 buffalo	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 buffalo	amod
6	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 head	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 buffalo	case
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hollow	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The interior of a large old buffalo skull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 interior	det
2	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 skull	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 skull	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 skull	amod
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 skull	amod
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 skull	compound
8	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 interior	acl

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

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