Exam question 3 · Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is t…
Which of the following accurately identifies the qualities that protected the travellers from harm in the Land of Souls?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: qualities · What happens: follow, identify, protect · To what, where: qualities, travellers
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1712 «Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is tricked into the pond and becomes a White Duck» 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 | accurately | accurately | 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 qualities | det |
| 8 | qualities | quality | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 protected | nsubj |
| 10 | protected | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 qualities | acl:relcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 travellers | det |
| 12 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 protected | obj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 harm | case |
| 14 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 protected | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 Land | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Land | det |
| 17 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 protected | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Souls | case |
| 19 | Souls | soul | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 Land | nmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | 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 qualities | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent quality=Theme | ||||
| 3 | protect | past | the qualities | the travellers | in the Land of Souls; from harm | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent traveller=Beneficiary from harm=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
They were brave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 brave | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 brave | cop |
| 3 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | They | brave property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Their lives had been free from evil, as the Master of Life had decreed
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 lives | nmod:poss |
| 2 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 free | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 free | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 free | cop |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 evil | case |
| 7 | evil | evil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 free | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 decreed | punct |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 decreed | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Master | det |
| 11 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 decreed | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Life | case |
| 13 | Life | Life | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Master | nmod |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 decreed | aux |
| 15 | decreed | decree | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 free | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past · perfect | Their lives | evil | free property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | decree | past · perfect · passive | the Master of Life | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Result |
Option 3
They had been kind to all creatures and never hurt any living thing in their lives
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kind | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 kind | cop |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 creatures | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 creatures | det |
| 7 | creatures | creature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 kind | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 hurt | cc |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 hurt | advmod |
| 10 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 kind | conj |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 thing | det |
| 12 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 thing | compound |
| 13 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hurt | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 lives | case |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 lives | nmod:poss |
| 16 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past · perfect | They | to all creatures; kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not hurt | infinitive | They not said here | any living thing | creatures's lives | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Patient |
Option 4
They were good people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 people | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 people | cop |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | They | good people | tree rules |
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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