Exam question 3 · Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and…
Which of the following correctly identifies the advice given by the old man concerning the basket delivered by Ciccu to the castle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man · What happens: follow, identify, give, concern, deliver · To what, where: advice, basket, castle
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1673 «Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and a royal job» 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 | 4 following | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 following | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 6 identifies | advmod |
| 6 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 following | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 advice | det |
| 8 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 advice | acl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 man | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 man | det |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 man | amod |
| 13 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 given | obl |
| 14 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 man | acl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 basket | det |
| 16 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 concerning | obj |
| 17 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 basket | acl |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 Ciccu | case |
| 19 | Ciccu | Ciccu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 delivered | obl |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 castle | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 castle | det |
| 22 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 delivered | obl |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | 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 | identify | present | the advice | correctly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | ||||
| 3 | give | participle | the advice not said here | by the old man | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | concern | gerund | the old man not said here | the basket | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus basket=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | deliver | participle | the basket not said here | the castle | by Ciccu | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to castle=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
Good fortune for all of his life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fortune | amod |
| 2 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 fortune | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 life | nmod:poss |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 all | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Wealth and a long, happy marriage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 marriage | cc |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 marriage | det |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 marriage | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 long | punct |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 marriage | amod |
| 7 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wealth | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Woe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woe | woe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Luck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
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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