Exam question 1 · Gutenberg 640, The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son: a snow…
What is the consequence of the Fire-son's embrace upon the King?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fire son · What happens: be, embrace · To what, where: consequence
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1724 «Gutenberg 640, The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son: a snow girl and a fire boy grow up, and their meeting with the King ends in ruin for all three» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 consequence | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 consequence | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 consequence | det |
| 4 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 embrace | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 son | det |
| 7 | Fire | Fire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 son | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Fire | punct |
| 9 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 embrace | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 son | case |
| 11 | embrace | embrace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consequence | nmod |
| 12 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 14 King | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 King | det |
| 14 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 embrace | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 consequence | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the consequence | of the Fire son's embrace upon the King | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | embrace | the Fire son | upon the King | nom embrace «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=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 · ← Mova's choice
The King dies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dies | nsubj |
| 3 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present | the King | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The King dies, burnt to a cinder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dies | nsubj |
| 3 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 burnt | punct |
| 5 | burnt | burnt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 dies | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 cinder | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cinder | det |
| 8 | cinder | cinder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 burnt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present | the King | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | burnt | participle | the King not said here | to a cinder | tree rules |
Option 3
The King falls ill and sleeps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 falls | nsubj |
| 3 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 falls | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sleeps | cc |
| 6 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 falls | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | the King | ill property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sleep | present | the King not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The King is exiled from his realm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 exiled | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 exiled | aux:pass |
| 4 | exiled | exile | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 realm | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 realm | nmod:poss |
| 7 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 exiled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exile | present · passive | the King | King's realm | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from realm=Source |
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