Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Rahmatabad, part 7: th…

Which of the following describes the object into which the princess was placed by the jogi and the king?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jogi · What happens: follow, describe, place · To what, where: object, princess

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1282 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Rahmatabad, part 7: the chest in the river and the prince who opened it» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 object	det
7	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 placed	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 placed	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 placed	aux:pass
13	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 object	acl:relcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 jogi	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 jogi	det
16	jogi	jogi	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 placed	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 king	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 king	det
19	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 jogi	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the object		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
3	place	past · passive	the jogi and the king	the princess	the object	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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

A trunk made to keep out all water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 trunk	det
2	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 trunk	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	advcl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 keep	compound:prt
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a trunk not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	keep out	to-infinitive		all water					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A wooden box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 box	det
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 box	amod
3	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

A box fitted with iron bands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 box	det
2	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 box	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 bands	case
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bands	compound
6	bands	band	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	participle		a box not said here				with iron bands	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A chest, made so that neither air nor water could penetrate it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chest	det
2	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 penetrate	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chest	acl
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 air	case
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
9	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	10 water	cc
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 air	conj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 penetrate	aux
12	penetrate	penetrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 penetrate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a chest not said here				so neither air nor water	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	penetrate	could	a chest	water					vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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