Exam question 2 · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest…
Which of the following accurately describes the nature of the three questions posed by the monster?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, pose · To what, where: nature, three questions
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1503 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest brother gets a magic wand, beats the Etin and frees the king's daughter» 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 following | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 following | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 describes | advmod |
| 6 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 following | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 nature | det |
| 8 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 questions | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 questions | det |
| 11 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 questions | nummod |
| 12 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 nature | nmod |
| 13 | posed | pose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 questions | acl |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 monster | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 monster | det |
| 16 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 posed | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the nature of the three questions | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme | ||||
| 3 | pose | participle | the three questions not said here | by the monster | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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
They concerned the origin of nations, mankind, and the beasts of the earth
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 concerned | nsubj |
| 2 | concerned | concern | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 origin | det |
| 4 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 concerned | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 nations | case |
| 6 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 origin | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mankind | punct |
| 8 | mankind | mankind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 origin | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 beasts | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 beasts | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 beasts | det |
| 12 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 concerned | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 earth | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 earth | det |
| 15 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 beasts | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | concern | past | They | the origin of nations and mankind | the beasts of the earth obl | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer |
Option 2
They concerned the origin of the sea and stars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 concerned | nsubj |
| 2 | concerned | concern | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 origin | det |
| 4 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 concerned | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 origin | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stars | cc |
| 9 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sea | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | concern | past | They | the origin of the sea and stars | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They concerned the origin of nations and of mankind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 concerned | nsubj |
| 2 | concerned | concern | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 origin | det |
| 4 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 concerned | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 nations | case |
| 6 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 origin | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 mankind | cc |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 mankind | case |
| 9 | mankind | mankind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 origin | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | concern | past | They | the origin of nations and mankind | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer |
Option 4
They concerned the origin of all nations and of mankind, as well as the monster's own birth
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 concerned | nsubj |
| 2 | concerned | concern | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 origin | det |
| 4 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 concerned | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 nations | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 nations | det |
| 7 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 origin | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 mankind | cc |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 mankind | case |
| 10 | mankind | mankind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nations | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 birth | punct |
| 12 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 19 birth | cc |
| 13 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 as | fixed |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 as | fixed |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 monster | det |
| 16 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 birth | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 monster | case |
| 18 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 birth | amod |
| 19 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 concerned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | concern | past | They | the origin of all nations and mankind | the monster's own birth obl | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer |
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