Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, Kari Woodengown, part 46: the Bull's death, t…
exam: What instruction does the Bull give concerning the disposal of his hide and the three treasures?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction, exam · What happens: do, give, concern · To what, where: Bull, disposal
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1549 «Norse Tales, Kari Woodengown, part 46: the Bull's death, the cruel Prince, and Kari's glove and towel» 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 | exam | exam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 give | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 does | punct |
| 3 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 4 instruction | det |
| 4 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 does | nsubj |
| 5 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 exam | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Bull | det |
| 7 | Bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 does | obj |
| 8 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 give | xcomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 disposal | det |
| 11 | disposal | disposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 hide | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 hide | nmod:poss |
| 14 | hide | hide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 disposal | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 treasures | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 treasures | det |
| 17 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 treasures | nummod |
| 18 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 hide | conj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | what instruction | the Bull | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bull=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | give | present | exam | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | exam not said here | the disposal of instruction's hide and the three treasures | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disposal=Experiencer |
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
at the foot of the great mountain wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 foot | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 foot | det |
| 3 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wall | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wall | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wall | amod |
| 7 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wall | compound |
| 8 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 foot | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
under the palace gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 gate | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 gate | det |
| 3 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gate | compound |
| 4 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
beneath the mountain wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 4 wall | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wall | det |
| 3 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wall | compound |
| 4 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
beneath the high mountain wall by the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 5 wall | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wall | det |
| 3 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wall | amod |
| 4 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wall | compound |
| 5 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wall | 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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