Exam question 1 · Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the e…
Identify the means by which the palace was illuminated upon the travellers' arrival.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, travellers · What happens: identify, mean, illuminate, arrive · To what, where: palace · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1439 «Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the enchanted palace, the gifts and the Prince's portrait» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Identify | ccomp |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 illuminated | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 palace | det |
| 7 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 illuminated | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 illuminated | aux:pass |
| 9 | illuminated | illuminate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 means | ccomp |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 14 arrival | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 travellers | det |
| 12 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 13 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 12 travellers | case |
| 14 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 illuminated | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | the | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | illuminate | past · passive | the palace | upon the travellers's arrival | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 4 | arrive | the travellers | nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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
Through a thousand lamps hung from the arches and the gates
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 4 lamps | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 thousand | det |
| 3 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 lamps | nummod |
| 4 | lamps | lamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | hung | hang | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 lamps | acl |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 arches | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 arches | det |
| 8 | arches | arch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hung | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 gates | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 gates | det |
| 11 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 arches | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | participle | thousand lamps not said here | the arches and the gates | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Glowing windows shone from the upper floors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 windows | amod |
| 2 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | shone | shine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 windows | acl |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 floors | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 floors | det |
| 6 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 floors | amod |
| 7 | floors | floor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | shine | participle | Glowing windows not said here | the upper floors | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Torches lined the long marble hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torches | torch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lined | nsubj |
| 2 | lined | line | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hall | det |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hall | amod |
| 5 | marble | marble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hall | compound |
| 6 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lined | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | line | past | Torches | the long marble hall | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Destination |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The palace was lit from roof to ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 palace | det |
| 2 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lit | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lit | aux:pass |
| 4 | lit | lit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 roof | case |
| 6 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lit | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 ground | case |
| 8 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lit | past · passive | the palace | roof | to ground | tree rules |
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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