Exam question 2 · Gutenberg 3454 tales, The Jogi's Punishment, part 6: the p…

Which of the following accurately describes the nature of the wizard's promise to the nurse?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wizard · What happens: follow, describe, promise · To what, where: nature

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1281 «Gutenberg 3454 tales, The Jogi's Punishment, part 6: the prince learns his bride's secret, and the rajah's daughter flees a jogi's love» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nature	det
8	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 promise	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wizard	det
11	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 promise	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 wizard	case
13	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nature	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 nurse	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 nurse	det
16	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 promise	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the nature of the wizard's promise to the nurse	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme
3	promise		the wizard		to the nurse	nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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 · ✓ the right answer

A freedom from the enchantment before the fifteenth birthday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 freedom	det
2	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 enchantment	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 enchantment	det
5	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 freedom	nmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	9 birthday	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 birthday	det
8	fifteenth	fifteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 birthday	amod
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 freedom	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Gold before her birthday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	before	before	ADP	_	4 birthday	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 birthday	nmod:poss
4	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gold	nmod

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

Option 3

A promise of youth restored to her before the close of the year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 youth	case
4	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promise	nmod
5	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 promise	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 restored	obl
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 close	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 close	det
10	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 restored	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 year	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 close	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	participle		a promise of youth not said here	her = she		before the close of the year		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient
2	promise			youth					nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Freedom from the spell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 spell	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spell	det
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Freedom	nmod

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

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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