Exam question 2 · Contes, The Pied Piper of Hamel, part 49: Drakestail becom…
Which of the following describes the precise manner in which the rats were induced to enter the river?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, induce, enter · To what, where: precise manner, rats, river
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1552 «Contes, The Pied Piper of Hamel, part 49: Drakestail becomes king, and the piper clears Hamel of rats, then the children vanish» 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 | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 manner | det |
| 7 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 manner | amod |
| 8 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 induced | obl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rats | det |
| 12 | rats | rat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 induced | nsubj |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 induced | aux:pass |
| 14 | induced | induce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 manner | acl:relcl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 enter | mark |
| 16 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 induced | xcomp |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 river | det |
| 18 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 enter | obj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | 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 precise manner | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | |||||
| 3 | induce | past · passive | the rats | the precise manner | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 4 | enter | to-infinitive | the river | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme river=Destination |
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
By a magic pipe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 4 pipe | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pipe | det |
| 3 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pipe | compound |
| 4 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
By a call from the piper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 call | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 call | det |
| 3 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 piper | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 piper | det |
| 6 | piper | piper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 call | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
By the sound of the bells
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 sound | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sound | det |
| 3 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 bells | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bells | det |
| 6 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sound | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
By the music of the bagpipes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 music | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 music | det |
| 3 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 bagpipes | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bagpipes | det |
| 6 | bagpipes | bagpipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 music | 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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