Exam question 5 · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to…

Which of the following is the figure described as the largest of the pea-shell vessels?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, describe · To what, where: figure

This is exam question 5 of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» 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	7 figure	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 figure	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 figure	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 figure	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 figure	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 figure	det
7	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 figure	acl
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 largest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 largest	det
11	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 described	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 vessels	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 vessels	det
14	pea	pea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shell	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 pea	punct
16	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 vessels	compound
17	vessels	vessel	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 largest	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 figure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the figure	tree rules
3	describe	participle	the figure not said here	as the largest of the shell vessels	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as large=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 right answer

The liner named Hercules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 liner	det
2	liner	liner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 liner	acl
4	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 named	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle		the liner not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The liner named Hercules, which carried the most passengers and cargo of any ship in the fleet

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 liner	det
2	liner	liner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	nsubj
3	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 liner	acl
4	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 named	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 carried	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 carried	nsubj
7	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 passengers	det
9	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 passengers	amod
10	passengers	passenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carried	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cargo	cc
12	cargo	cargo	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 passengers	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 ship	case
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 ship	det
15	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cargo	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 fleet	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fleet	det
18	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle		the liner not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	carry	past	the liner	the most passengers and cargo of any ship		the fleet			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent passenger=Value in fleet=Location

Option 3

The large liner named Hercules, rowed by sixty tiny sailors and steered by the old captain

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	3 liner	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 liner	amod
3	liner	liner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rowed	nsubj:pass
4	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 liner	acl
5	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 named	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rowed	punct
7	rowed	row	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 sailors	case
9	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 sailors	nummod
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sailors	amod
11	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rowed	obl:agent
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 steered	cc
13	steered	steer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 rowed	conj
14	by	by	ADP	_	17 captain	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 captain	det
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 captain	amod
17	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 steered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	name	participle		the large liner not said here		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	row	participle · passive	sixty tiny sailors	the large liner		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	steer	participle	sixty tiny sailors not said here		by the old captain	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by captain=Destination

Option 4

The warship named Vega

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 warship	det
2	warship	warship	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 warship	acl
4	Vega	Vega	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 named	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle		the warship not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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