Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los…
Identify the principal character who undertakes to return within a limited interval, as recorded in the opening portion of the narrative.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal character · What happens: identify, undertake, return, record · To what, where: principal character, opening portion
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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 | 4 character | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 character | amod |
| 4 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 undertakes | nsubj |
| 6 | undertakes | undertake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 character | acl:relcl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 return | mark |
| 8 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 undertakes | xcomp |
| 9 | within | within | ADP | _ | 12 interval | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 interval | det |
| 11 | limited | limited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 interval | amod |
| 12 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 return | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 recorded | punct |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 recorded | mark |
| 15 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 undertakes | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 portion | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 portion | det |
| 18 | opening | opening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 portion | amod |
| 19 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 recorded | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 narrative | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 narrative | det |
| 22 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 portion | nmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal character | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme | ||||
| 2 | undertake | present | the principal character | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | return | to-infinitive | the principal character not said here | within a limited interval | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | record | participle | the principal character not said here | the opening portion of the narrative | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in portion=Destination |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The Princess Miranda
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Miranda | det |
| 2 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Miranda | compound |
| 3 | Miranda | Miranda | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The fagot-maker's youngest son
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 maker | det |
| 2 | fagot | fagot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 maker | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 fagot | punct |
| 4 | maker | maker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 son | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 maker | case |
| 6 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 son | amod |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The Queen of the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Queen | det |
| 2 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 palace | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 palace | det |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Queen | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The Captain of the Guard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Captain | det |
| 2 | Captain | Captain | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Guard | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Guard | det |
| 5 | Guard | Guard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Captain | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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