Exam question 1 · Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and…

Which event did the Sun and Moon cite as the cause of their withdrawal from their customary duties?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: event, their · What happens: do, cause, withdraw · To what, where: Sun cite, customary duties, withdrawal

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1387 «Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and Moon come back to light» 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 event	det
2	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cite	det
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 cite	compound
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Moon	cc
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Sun	conj
8	cite	cite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 cause	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cause	det
11	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 withdrawal	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 withdrawal	nmod:poss
14	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cause	nmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	18 duties	case
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 duties	nmod:poss
17	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 duties	compound
18	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 did	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	which event	the Sun cite	their customary duties	as the cause of their withdrawal	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cite=Eventuality
2	cause			their withdrawal			nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
3	withdraw		their = they				nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: poss=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

The eruption of Mount Shu, which had burned the roads of Heaven and the palace gardens

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	2 eruption	det
2	eruption	eruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Shu	case
4	Mount	Mount	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Shu	compound
5	Shu	Shu	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 eruption	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 burned	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 burned	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 burned	aux
9	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 eruption	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roads	det
11	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 burned	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Heaven	case
13	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 roads	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 gardens	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 gardens	det
16	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gardens	compound
17	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 roads	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past · perfect · passive		the eruption of Mount Shu					tree rules
2	erupt		Mount Shu						nom eruption «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The eruption of Mount Shu, which damaged the roads of Heaven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eruption	det
2	eruption	eruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 damaged	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Shu	case
4	Mount	Mount	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Shu	compound
5	Shu	Shu	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 eruption	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 damaged	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 damaged	nsubj
8	damaged	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 roads	det
10	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 damaged	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Heaven	case
12	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 roads	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	past	the eruption of Mount Shu	the roads of Heaven					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient
2	erupt		Mount Shu						nom eruption «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The eruption of Mount Shu, which damaged the roads of Heaven and frightened the whole court

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	2 eruption	det
2	eruption	eruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 damaged	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Shu	case
4	Mount	Mount	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Shu	compound
5	Shu	Shu	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 eruption	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 damaged	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 damaged	nsubj
8	damaged	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 roads	det
10	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 damaged	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Heaven	case
12	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 roads	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 frightened	cc
14	frightened	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 damaged	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 court	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 court	amod
17	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 frightened	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	damage	past	the eruption of Mount Shu	the roads of Heaven		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient
2	frighten	past	the eruption of Mount Shu not said here		the whole court	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus court=Experiencer
3	erupt		Mount Shu			nom eruption «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The sudden earthquake that shook the eastern provinces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 earthquake	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 earthquake	amod
3	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shook	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 shook	nsubj
5	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 provinces	det
7	eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 provinces	amod
8	provinces	province	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	the sudden earthquake	the eastern provinces					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent province=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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1387-pg4018-part47/e1/