Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, Cinderlad, part 79: Cinderlad shows the three…
What did Cinderlad produce before the King when he at last appeared in the palace?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: do, appear · To what, where: Cinderlad produce, palace
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1492 «Norse Tales, Cinderlad, part 79: Cinderlad shows the three golden apples» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Cinderlad | cinderlad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 produce | amod |
| 4 | produce | produce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 King | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 8 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 appeared | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 appeared | nsubj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 last | case |
| 11 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 he | nmod |
| 12 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | advcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 palace | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 palace | det |
| 15 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 appeared | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Cinderlad produce | before the King | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent produce=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | appear | past | King | the palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location |
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 three golden apples and a silver sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 apples | det |
| 2 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 apples | nummod |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 apples | amod |
| 4 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sword | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sword | det |
| 7 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sword | amod |
| 8 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 apples | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The two golden apples, with silver armour too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 apples | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 apples | nummod |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 apples | amod |
| 4 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 armour | punct |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 armour | case |
| 7 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 armour | compound |
| 8 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 apples | conj |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 armour | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The three golden apples, together with golden armour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 apples | det |
| 2 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 apples | nummod |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 apples | amod |
| 4 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 armour | punct |
| 6 | together | together | ADV | _ | 9 armour | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 armour | case |
| 8 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 armour | amod |
| 9 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 apples | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The three golden apples, together with golden armour and a golden helmet with a plume
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 apples | det |
| 2 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 apples | nummod |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 apples | amod |
| 4 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 armour | punct |
| 6 | together | together | ADV | _ | 9 armour | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 armour | case |
| 8 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 armour | amod |
| 9 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 apples | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 helmet | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 helmet | det |
| 12 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 helmet | amod |
| 13 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 armour | conj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 plume | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 plume | det |
| 16 | plume | plume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 helmet | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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