Exam question 1 · Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza f…

Which of the following best describes the action by which the Prince deceived his father regarding the fruit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: follow, describe, deceive, regard · To what, where: action, father

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1714 «Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza flies off, Iwanich lies to his father, and the beasts close in» 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 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 deceived	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 deceived	nsubj
13	deceived	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 action	acl:relcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 father	nmod:poss
15	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 deceived	obj
16	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 fruit	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fruit	det
18	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 father	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action	of the best	tree rules
3	deceive	past	the Prince	Prince's father	by the action; regard the fruit	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient
4	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

He pretended the fruit was poisoned and blamed the royal cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fruit	det
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poisoned	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 poisoned	aux:pass
6	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pretended	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 blamed	cc
8	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pretended	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cook	det
10	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cook	amod
11	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blamed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pretend	past	He		tree rules
2	poison	past · passive		the fruit	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	blame	past	He not said here	the royal cook	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He hid the fruit from the guards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fruit	det
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 guards	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guards	det
7	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He	the fruit		the guards			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient from guard=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He fabricated an account of a wasp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fabricated	nsubj
2	fabricated	fabricate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 account	det
4	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fabricated	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 wasp	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wasp	det
7	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fabricate	past	He	a account of a wasp					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Result
2	account			a wasp					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

He invented a story about a bird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 invented	nsubj
2	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 story	det
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invented	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 bird	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bird	det
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 story	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	He	a story				about a bird	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Result

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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