Exam question 1 · Violet Fairy Book, Peronnik the Fool, part 45: Peronnik ou…
Which of the following did Peronnik use to subdue the lion upon the road to Kerglas?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Peronnik · What happens: follow, use, subdue · To what, where: lion
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1320 «Violet Fairy Book, Peronnik the Fool, part 45: Peronnik outwits the lion, the dragons and the black man, then takes the golden bowl and diamond lance from Rogear» 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 use | aux |
| 6 | Peronnik | Peronnik | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 use | nsubj |
| 7 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 following | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 subdue | mark |
| 9 | subdue | subdue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 use | xcomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lion | det |
| 11 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 subdue | obj |
| 12 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 14 road | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 road | det |
| 14 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 subdue | obl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 Kerglas | case |
| 16 | Kerglas | Kerglas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 road | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | use | past · do-support | Peronnik | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | subdue | to-infinitive | Peronnik not said here | the lion | upon the road to Kerglas | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Patient |
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 rope and a whistle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rope | det |
| 2 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 whistle | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 whistle | det |
| 5 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rope | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A bag filled with feathers and glue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bag | det |
| 2 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 bag | acl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 feathers | case |
| 5 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 filled | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 glue | cc |
| 7 | glue | glue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feathers | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | participle | a bag not said here | with feathers and glue | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with feather=Instrument |
Option 3
A sack filled with stones and wax
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sack | det |
| 2 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 sack | acl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 stones | case |
| 5 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 filled | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wax | cc |
| 7 | wax | wax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stones | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | participle | a sack not said here | with stones and wax | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with stone=Instrument |
Option 4
A cage made of iron and thorns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cage | det |
| 2 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 cage | acl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 iron | case |
| 5 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 thorns | cc |
| 7 | thorns | thorn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 iron | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a cage not said here | of iron and thorns | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
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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