Exam question 3 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry…

What is the function of the cavern in which the nuns reside?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: function, nuns · What happens: be, reside · To what, where: cavern

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1692 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry youth is robbed of his bread and maimed by his brothers» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cavern	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cavern	det
7	cavern	cavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 reside	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 nuns	det
11	nuns	nun	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 reside	nsubj
12	reside	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 cavern	acl:relcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the function of the cavern						tree rules
2	reside	infinitive	the nuns			the cavern			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location

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

It serves as the convent in which they spin and maintain the light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 convent	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 convent	det
5	convent	convent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 spin	obl
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spin	nsubj
9	spin	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 convent	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 maintain	cc
11	maintain	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	2 serves	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 light	det
13	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 maintain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It			as the convent	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as convent=Attribute
2	spin	present	they		the convent		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in which=Trajectory
3	maintain	present		the light			vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent light=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is a palace where the Queen and her nuns hold feasts and prayers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 palace	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 palace	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 palace	det
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 hold	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hold	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 nuns	cc
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 nuns	nmod:poss
10	nuns	nun	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Queen	conj
11	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 palace	acl:relcl
12	feasts	feast	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hold	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 prayers	cc
14	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 feasts	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a palace					tree rules
2	hold	present	the Queen and her nuns	feasts and prayers					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme

Option 3

It is a storeroom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 storeroom	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 storeroom	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 storeroom	det
4	storeroom	storeroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a storeroom					tree rules

Option 4

It holds the cotton

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cotton	det
4	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	It	the cotton					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cotton=Theme

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