Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part…
Of what material were the furnishings of the glass palace constructed?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, construct · To what, where: furnishings, glass palace
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1655 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part 44: the lad serves the troll as hare, raven and fish, and meets the troll's daughter» 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 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 furnishings | nsubj |
| 3 | material | material | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 furnishings | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 furnishings | det |
| 6 | furnishings | furnishings | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 palace | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 palace | det |
| 9 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 palace | compound |
| 10 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 furnishings | nmod |
| 11 | constructed | construct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 palace | acl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 furnishings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the furnishings | of the glass palace | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | construct | participle | the glass palace not said here | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer
White ivory inlaid with gold and pearl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ivory | amod |
| 2 | ivory | ivory | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | inlaid | inlay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 ivory | acl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 gold | case |
| 5 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 inlaid | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 pearl | cc |
| 7 | pearl | pearl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gold | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inlay | participle | White ivory not said here | with gold and pearl | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme |
Option 2
Black ebony inlaid with silver and jade
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ebony | amod |
| 2 | ebony | ebony | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | inlaid | inlay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 ebony | acl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 silver | case |
| 5 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 inlaid | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 jade | cc |
| 7 | jade | jade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 silver | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inlay | participle | Black ebony not said here | with silver and jade | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with silver=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
White ivory inlaid with gold and pearl, polished every morning by the troll's servants
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ivory | amod |
| 2 | ivory | ivory | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | inlaid | inlay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 ivory | acl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 gold | case |
| 5 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 inlaid | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 pearl | cc |
| 7 | pearl | pearl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gold | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 polished | punct |
| 9 | polished | polish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 ivory | acl |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 morning | det |
| 11 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 polished | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 servants | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 troll | det |
| 14 | troll | troll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 servants | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 troll | case |
| 16 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 polished | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inlay | participle | White ivory not said here | with gold and pearl | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme | ||||
| 2 | polish | participle | White ivory not said here | morning | by the troll's servants | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Carved ebony and white ivory, inlaid with gold, pearl, and bright precious stones of the sea
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carved | carve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ivory | amod |
| 2 | ebony | ebony | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ivory | amod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 white | cc |
| 4 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ebony | conj |
| 5 | ivory | ivory | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 inlaid | punct |
| 7 | inlaid | inlay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ivory | acl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 gold | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 inlaid | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pearl | punct |
| 11 | pearl | pearl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gold | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 stones | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 stones | cc |
| 14 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 stones | amod |
| 15 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 stones | amod |
| 16 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ivory | conj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 sea | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sea | det |
| 19 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 stones | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carve | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | inlay | participle | Carved ebony ivory and bright precious stones of the sea not said here | with gold and pearl | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme |
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