Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man…
Which of the following accurately records the manner in which the hare was restored to human form?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, record, restore · To what, where: manner, hare, human form
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» 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 | 6 records | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 records | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 records | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 records | nsubj |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 records | advmod |
| 6 | records | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 manner | det |
| 8 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 records | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 restored | obl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hare | det |
| 12 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 restored | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 restored | aux:pass |
| 14 | restored | restore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 manner | acl:relcl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 form | case |
| 16 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 form | amod |
| 17 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 restored | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 records | 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 | record | present | the manner | accurately property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | ||||
| 3 | restore | past · passive | the hare | human form | the manner | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to form=Recipient |
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
By a spell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 spell | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 spell | det |
| 3 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
By soil from the farm garden plot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 soil | case |
| 2 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 plot | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 plot | det |
| 5 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 garden | compound |
| 6 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 plot | compound |
| 7 | plot | plot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soil | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
By earth from the churchyard laid upon it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 earth | case |
| 2 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 churchyard | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 churchyard | det |
| 5 | churchyard | churchyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 earth | nmod |
| 6 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 churchyard | acl |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 laid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay | participle | the churchyard not said here | churchyard | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon it=Destination |
Option 4
By dust from the old church door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 dust | case |
| 2 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 door | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 door | amod |
| 6 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 door | compound |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dust | 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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