Exam question 2 · Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4:…

According to the narrative, what event brings the king's son to the place where Elsa lies?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: event, Elsa · What happens: accord, bring, lie · To what, where: son

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1753 «Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4: Elsa is shot down and wins a prince, then a boy's lying contest begins» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 narrative	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brings	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 brings	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 brings	obj
7	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brings	nsubj
8	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 son	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 king	case
12	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brings	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 place	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 place	det
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brings	obl
16	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 lies	advmod
17	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 lies	nsubj
18	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 place	acl:relcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 brings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	bring	present	event	the king's son	accord the narrative; to the place	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument what=Theme son=Destination
3	lie	present	Elsa			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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 is chasing a deer

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	3 chasing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chasing	aux
3	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deer	det
5	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chasing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	present · progressive	He	a deer					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He is riding to the castle to find a bride

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	3 riding	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 riding	aux
3	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 castle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 castle	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 riding	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 find	mark
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 riding	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bride	det
10	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	present · progressive	He			the castle			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to castle=Trajectory
2	find	to-infinitive	He not said here	a bride					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is hunting a large eagle he has shot

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	3 hunting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hunting	aux
3	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 eagle	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eagle	amod
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunting	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 shot	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 shot	aux
9	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 eagle	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present · progressive	He	a large eagle					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme
2	shoot	present · perfect · passive	a large eagle not said here	eagle					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

He is out hunting alone

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	4 hunting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hunting	aux
3	out	out	ADV	_	4 hunting	advmod
4	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 hunting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present · progressive	He					alone, out property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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