Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton…

Which comrade, possessing the power of hearing, first reported the King's commands to the Simpleton?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: comrade, King · What happens: possess, report, command · To what, where: power, commands, Simpleton · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 comrade	det
2	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reported	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 possessing	punct
4	possessing	possess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 comrade	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 power	det
6	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 possessing	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 hearing	case
8	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 power	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 comrade	punct
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 reported	advmod
11	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 commands	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 King	case
15	commands	command	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 reported	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 Simpleton	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Simpleton	det
18	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 commands	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 reported	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	possess	gerund	which comrade not said here	the power of hearing			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot power=Theme
2	report	past	which comrade	the King's commands	the Simpleton	first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent command=Topic to simpleton=Recipient
3	command		the King			to the Simpleton	nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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 marksman with the gun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 marksman	det
2	marksman	marksman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 gun	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gun	det
5	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marksman	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The thirsty comrade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 comrade	det
2	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 comrade	amod
3	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

The comrade who carried the bundle of wood to the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 comrade	det
2	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bundle	det
6	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 wood	case
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bundle	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 palace	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 palace	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the comrade	the bundle of wood		the palace			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme to palace=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The sharp-eared comrade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 comrade	det
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 eared	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 sharp	punct
4	eared	eared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 comrade	amod
5	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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