Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10:…
Which of the following accurately states the number of Calenders who sought admittance to the residence?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Calenders · What happens: follow, state, seek · To what, where: number, admittance
This is exam question 1 of lesson 170 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10: three shaven Calenders come to the ladies' house, and the mystery of the dogs and the scars begins» 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 | 6 states | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 states | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 states | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 states | nsubj |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 states | advmod |
| 6 | states | state | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 number | det |
| 8 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 states | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Calenders | case |
| 10 | Calenders | calender | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 number | nmod |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 sought | nsubj |
| 12 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 Calenders | acl:relcl |
| 13 | admittance | admittance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sought | obj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 residence | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 residence | det |
| 16 | residence | residence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sought | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 states | 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 | state speech: other | present | the number of Calenders | accurately property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic | ||||
| 3 | seek | past | Calenders | admittance | to the residence | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admittance=Theme |
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
Three
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Three Calenders with shaved heads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 Calenders | nummod |
| 2 | Calenders | calender | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 heads | case |
| 4 | shaved | shave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 heads | amod |
| 5 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 Calenders | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shave | participle | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Four
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Seven wandering men seeking admittance today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 men | nummod |
| 2 | wandering | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 men | amod |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | seeking | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 men | acl |
| 5 | admittance | admittance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 seeking | obj |
| 6 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 seeking | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wonder speech: ask | gerund | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | seek | gerund | Seven wandering men not said here | admittance | today | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admittance=Theme |
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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