Exam question 3 · Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the…

What object was the youngest son's rope, as ordered by his father, composed of?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: be, order, compose · To what, where: father

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1531 «Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the Norka underground and brings his sisters up» 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	root	root
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 son	det
5	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 son	amod
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rope	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 son	case
8	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ordered	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 ordered	mark
11	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 What	acl
12	by	by	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 ordered	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 composed	punct
16	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 father	acl
17	of	of	ADP	_	16 composed	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	object			tree rules
2	order	participle			by his father	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	compose	participle		his father not said here		vn create-26.4-1 «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

Linen, twisted together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 twisted	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Linen	punct
3	twisted	twist	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	together	together	ADV	_	3 twisted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twist	participle						together property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Leather, plaited to a great length and strengthened with iron

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plaited	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 plaited	punct
3	plaited	plait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 length	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 length	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 length	amod
7	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plaited	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 strengthened	cc
9	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 plaited	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 iron	case
11	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strengthened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plait	participle · passive		Leather				to a great length	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	strengthen	participle						with iron	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with iron=Instrument

Option 3

Strong leather, carefully plaited and braided to the length required

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 leather	amod
2	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 plaited	punct
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	5 plaited	advmod
5	plaited	plait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 leather	acl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 braided	cc
7	braided	braid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 plaited	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 length	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 length	det
10	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 braided	obl
11	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 length	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	plait	participle	Strong leather not said here	carefully property	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	braid	participle		to the length	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	require	participle	the length not said here		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Leather, plaited to length

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 plaited	punct
3	plaited	plait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Leather	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 length	case
5	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plaited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plait	participle		Leather not said here				to length	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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