Exam question 4 · pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a m…

Which action secured the lasting commemoration of the events described?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: secure, describe, commemorate · To what, where: lasting commemoration, events

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1756 «pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a maiden from a cat monster with a borrowed dog» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secured	nsubj
3	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 commemoration	det
5	lasting	lasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 commemoration	amod
6	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secured	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 events	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 events	det
9	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 commemoration	nmod
10	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 events	acl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 secured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	secure	past	which action	the lasting commemoration of the events	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition commemoration=Theme
2	describe	participle		the events not said here	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	commemorate			the events	nom commemoration «event transitive»: of=patient

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 right answer

The annual feast held in memory of the warrior and dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 feast	det
2	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feast	amod
3	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 feast	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 memory	case
6	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 warrior	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 warrior	det
9	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 memory	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dog	cc
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 warrior	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle		the annual feast not said here		memory of the warrior and dog			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in memory=Location

Option 2

The renaming of the mountain after the youth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 renaming	det
2	renaming	renaming	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 mountain	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mountain	det
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renaming	nmod
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 youth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 youth	det
8	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renaming	nmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The erection of a stone statue in the village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 erection	det
2	erection	erection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 statue	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 statue	det
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 statue	compound
6	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 erection	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 village	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 village	det
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 erection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erect			a stone statue		the village			nom erection «state transitive»: of=patient in=place

Option 4

The construction of a new chapel in the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 construction	det
2	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 chapel	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chapel	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chapel	amod
6	chapel	chapel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 construction	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 forest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forest	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 construction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct			a new chapel		the forest			nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient in=place

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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