Exam question 3 · Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza f…

Identify the sign by which the Prince was to determine his course at each cross-road.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Prince · What happens: identify, be · To what, where: sign, cross-road

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sign	det
3	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 determine	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Prince	det
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 determine	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 determine	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 determine	mark
10	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sign	acl:relcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 course	nmod:poss
12	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determine	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 cross-road	case
14	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 cross-road	det
15	cross-road	cross-road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determine	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the sign					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sign=Theme
2	is	past	the Prince	the sign not said here		each cross-road		by the sign; determine property	tree rules

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

The lustre of the diamond ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lustre	det
2	lustre	lustre	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 ring	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ring	det
5	diamond	diamond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ring	compound
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lustre	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The lustre of the silver ring that the old beggar gave him at the oak

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lustre	det
2	lustre	lustre	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 ring	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ring	det
5	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ring	amod
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lustre	nmod
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 gave	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 beggar	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 beggar	amod
10	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gave	iobj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 oak	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 oak	det
15	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the lustre of the silver ring		beggar	the oak			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at oak=Asset

Option 3

The brightness of the ring when it points toward the correct road at each fork

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 brightness	det
2	brightness	brightness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 ring	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ring	det
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brightness	nmod
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 points	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 points	nsubj
8	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 brightness	acl:relcl
9	toward	toward	ADP	_	12 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
11	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 road	amod
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 points	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 fork	case
14	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 fork	det
15	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 points	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	present	ring			each fork		toward the correct road	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The position of the sun at noon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 position	det
2	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sun	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sun	det
5	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 position	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 noon	case
7	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 position	nmod

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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