Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, Sigurd and Brynhild: the truth comes out and…
Indicate the manner in which the curse of Andvari was concluded at the tale's end.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: indicate, conclude, curse · To what, where: manner, curse, Andvari
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1585 «Norse Tales, Sigurd and Brynhild: the truth comes out and Sigurd dies» 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 | Indicate | indicate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Indicate | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 concluded | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 curse | det |
| 7 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concluded | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Andvari | case |
| 9 | Andvari | Andvari | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 curse | nmod |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 concluded | aux:pass |
| 11 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 manner | acl:relcl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 end | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 tale | det |
| 14 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 end | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 tale | case |
| 16 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concluded | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Indicate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | indicate | imperative | you not said here | the manner | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot manner=Topic | ||||
| 2 | conclude | past · passive | the curse of Andvari | the manner | at the tale's end | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | curse | Andvari | nom curse «communication transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
By fire upon a ship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 fire | case |
| 2 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 ship | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ship | det |
| 5 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fire | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
By flood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 flood | case |
| 2 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
By sword on land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 sword | case |
| 2 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 land | case |
| 4 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sword | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
By fire on a ship that was pushed out to sea by the men
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 fire | case |
| 2 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 ship | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ship | det |
| 5 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fire | nmod |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 pushed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 pushed | aux:pass |
| 8 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ship | acl:relcl |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 pushed | compound:prt |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 sea | case |
| 11 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pushed | obl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 men | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 men | det |
| 14 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pushed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push out | past · passive | the men | a ship | sea | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to sea=Trajectory |
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