Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56…

Pursuant to the narrative, state which object the Groac'h employed to secure the fish, and indicate the material of which it was constructed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Groac'h · What happens: employ, secure, indicate, construct · To what, where: fish, material, Groac'h

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1331 «Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56: Bellah dresses as a young man, rides a magic horse, and turns the fairy into a toad» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	11 employed	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 narrative	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuant	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 state	punct
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrative	conj
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrative	nmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Groac'h	det
10	Groac'h	Groac'h	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 employed	nsubj
11	employed	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 secure	mark
13	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 employed	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fish	det
15	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secure	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 indicate	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 indicate	cc
18	indicate	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 secure	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 material	det
20	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 indicate	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 which	case
22	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 constructed	obl
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 constructed	nsubj:pass
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 constructed	aux:pass
25	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 material	acl:relcl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 employed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	employ	past	the Groac'h		pursuant property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	secure	to-infinitive	the Groac'h not said here	the fish		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fish=Theme
3	indicate	infinitive	the Groac'h not said here	the material		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot material=Topic
4	construct	past · passive		Groac'h	of the material	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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

A net of steel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 net	det
2	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 steel	case
4	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 net	nmod

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

Option 2

A sieve of brass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sieve	det
2	sieve	sieve	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 brass	case
4	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sieve	nmod

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

Option 3

A fine net woven from strands of steel wire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 net	det
2	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 net	amod
3	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 net	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 strands	case
6	strands	strand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 woven	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 wire	case
8	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wire	compound
9	wire	wire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strands	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	participle		a fine net not said here		strands of steel wire			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from strand=Trajectory

Option 4

A large net constructed entirely from woven silver and steel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 net	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 net	amod
3	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 net	acl
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 constructed	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 silver	case
7	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 silver	amod
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constructed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 steel	cc
10	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 silver	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	participle		a large net not said here		woven silver and steel		entirely property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from silver=Material
2	weave	participle							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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