Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a…

Which phrase best describes the place where the youngest son parted from his father?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, youngest son · What happens: describe, part · To what, where: place

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1519 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a man's ox with a shoe and a trick» 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 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 place	det
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 parted	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 son	det
9	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 son	amod
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 parted	nsubj
11	parted	part	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 place	acl:relcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 father	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 father	nmod:poss
14	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 parted	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	the place				well property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent place=Theme
2	part	participle	the youngest son					from son's father	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from father=Co-Patient

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

a junction where three roads met

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 junction	det
2	junction	junction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 met	advmod
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 roads	nummod
5	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 met	nsubj
6	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 junction	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	participle	three roads						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

a junction in the forest where three roads met near a stone wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 junction	det
2	junction	junction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 forest	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 forest	det
5	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 junction	nmod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 met	advmod
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 roads	nummod
8	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 met	nsubj
9	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 forest	acl:relcl
10	near	near	ADP	_	13 wall	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 wall	det
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wall	compound
13	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 met	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	participle	three roads			a stone wall			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

a crossroads where three long roads met, and the father waved goodbye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 crossroads	det
2	crossroads	crossroad	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 met	nsubj
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 met	advmod
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 roads	nummod
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 roads	amod
6	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 met	nsubj
7	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 waved	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 waved	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 father	det
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waved	nsubj
12	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 met	conj
13	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past	a crossroads						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	past	the father	goodbye					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Patient

Option 4

a clearing at the edge of the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 clearing	det
2	clearing	clearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 edge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 edge	det
5	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clearing	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 forest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forest	det
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 edge	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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