Exam question 4 · Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and…
Which of the following correctly identifies the sum of money the king presented to Ciccu upon receipt of the second basket of figs?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, present, sum, receipt · To what, where: sum, king, Ciccu, money, second basket
This is exam question 4 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 sum | det |
| 8 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 money | case |
| 10 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sum | nmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 money | appos |
| 13 | presented | present | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 king | acl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Ciccu | case |
| 15 | Ciccu | Ciccu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 presented | obl |
| 16 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 receipt | case |
| 17 | receipt | receipt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 presented | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 basket | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 basket | det |
| 20 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 21 basket | amod |
| 21 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 receipt | nmod |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 figs | case |
| 23 | figs | fig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 basket | nmod |
| 24 | ? | ? | 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 sum of money | correctly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sum=Theme | ||||
| 3 | present | participle | the king not said here | Ciccu | upon receipt of the second basket of figs | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ciccu=Recipient | |||
| 4 | sum | money | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | receipt | the second basket of figs | nom receipt «act 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
Five silver florins and a new cloak
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 florins | nummod |
| 2 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 florins | compound |
| 3 | florins | florin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cloak | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cloak | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cloak | amod |
| 7 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 florins | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Five florins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 florins | nummod |
| 2 | florins | florin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Three florins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 florins | nummod |
| 2 | florins | florin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Ten florins, a silver cup and a horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 florins | nummod |
| 2 | florins | florin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cup | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cup | det |
| 5 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cup | compound |
| 6 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 florins | appos |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 horse | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 horse | det |
| 9 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cup | conj |
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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