Exam question 3 · Violet Fairy Book, Peronnik the Fool, part 45: Peronnik ou…

Which of the following statements regarding the black man is accurate according to the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, regard, be, accord · To what, where: black man

This is exam question 3 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	11 accurate	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 accurate	obl
6	regarding	regard	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 accurate	csubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 regarding	obj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 accurate	cop
11	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 passage	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 according	fixed
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accurate	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	regard	gerund	the black man		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
3	is	present		of the following statements; accord the passage; accurate property	tree rules
4	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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

He was chained to a tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chained	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chained	aux:pass
3	chained	chain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 tree	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chain	past · passive		He				to a tree	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to tree=Co-Patient

Option 2

He was bound by two feet to a rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bound	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bound	aux:pass
3	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 feet	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 feet	nummod
6	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bound	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 rock	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rock	det
9	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	past · passive	two feet	He				to a rock	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient to rock=Co-Patient

Option 3

He was free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 free	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 free	cop
3	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					free property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was chained by one foot to a rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chained	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chained	aux:pass
3	chained	chain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 foot	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 foot	nummod
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chained	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 rock	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rock	det
9	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chain	past · passive	one foot	He				to a rock	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient to rock=Co-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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