Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a cleve…

Which location is described as the monkey's permanent residence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: describe · To what, where: location

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1283 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a clever monkey tricks a shark into carrying him back to his tree» 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 location	det
2	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 described	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 described	aux:pass
4	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	10 residence	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 monkey	det
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 residence	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 monkey	case
9	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 residence	amod
10	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 described	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive		which location				as the monkey's permanent residence	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as residence=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

A wood of oaks beyond the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wood	det
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 oaks	case
4	oaks	oak	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wood	nmod
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	7 hill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oaks	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A grove of palms beyond the town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 grove	det
2	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 palms	case
4	palms	palm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grove	nmod
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	7 town	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 town	det
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 palms	nmod

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

Option 3

A dense grove of coconut palms growing on the far side of the town walls

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 grove	det
2	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grove	amod
3	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 palms	case
5	coconut	coconut	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 palms	compound
6	palms	palm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grove	nmod
7	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 palms	acl
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 side	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 side	det
10	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 side	amod
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 growing	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 walls	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 walls	det
14	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 walls	compound
15	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	coconut palms not said here			the far side of the town walls			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location

Option 4

A large grove of tall palms standing just beyond the edge of the town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 grove	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grove	amod
3	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 palms	case
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 palms	amod
6	palms	palm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grove	nmod
7	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 palms	acl
8	just	just	ADV	_	11 edge	advmod
9	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	11 edge	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 edge	det
11	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 standing	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 town	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 town	det
14	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 edge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund	tall palms not said here			the edge of the town			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beyond edge=Location

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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