Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bird breaks, a…
To whom did the inscription on the collar attribute the superior nightingale?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: inscription, collar attribute
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1744 «Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bird breaks, and the real Nightingale saves the Emperor» 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 whom | case |
| 2 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 inscription | det |
| 5 | inscription | inscription | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 attribute | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 attribute | det |
| 8 | collar | collar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 attribute | compound |
| 9 | attribute | attribute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 nightingale | det |
| 11 | superior | superior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 nightingale | amod |
| 12 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the inscription | the collar attribute | the superior nightingale obl:unmarked | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inscription=Eventuality |
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 Emperor of China, whose court was the most famous in all the world and his palace the grandest
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Emperor | det |
| 2 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 famous | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 China | case |
| 4 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Emperor | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 court | punct |
| 6 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 7 court | nmod:poss |
| 7 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Emperor | appos |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 famous | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 famous | det |
| 10 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 11 famous | advmod |
| 11 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 world | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 world | det:predet |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 world | det |
| 15 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 famous | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 palace | cc |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 palace | nmod:poss |
| 18 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 world | conj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 grandest | det |
| 20 | grandest | grand | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 world | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Emperor of China | all world and China's palace | famous property | tree rules |
Option 2
The Emperor of China, who had ruled the great palace for many years with his bandmaster
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Emperor | det |
| 2 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 ruled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 China | case |
| 4 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Emperor | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ruled | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 ruled | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 ruled | aux |
| 8 | ruled | rule | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 palace | det |
| 10 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 palace | amod |
| 11 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ruled | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 years | case |
| 13 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 years | amod |
| 14 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 ruled | obl |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 bandmaster | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 bandmaster | nmod:poss |
| 17 | bandmaster | bandmaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ruled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | past · perfect · passive | the Emperor of China | year | with China's bandmaster | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme palace=Result |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The King of Iceland
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 | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Iceland | case |
| 4 | Iceland | Iceland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 King | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The Emperor of China
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Emperor | det |
| 2 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 China | case |
| 4 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Emperor | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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