Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th…
Identify the object which the dragon attempted to project into the lunar body, as described in the passage.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, dragon · What happens: identify, attempt, project, describe · To what, where: object, lunar body, passage
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 object | det |
| 3 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 attempted | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dragon | det |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attempted | nsubj |
| 7 | attempted | attempt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 object | acl:relcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 project | mark |
| 9 | project | project | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 attempted | xcomp |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 body | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 body | det |
| 12 | lunar | lunar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 body | amod |
| 13 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 project | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 described | punct |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 16 described | mark |
| 16 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 attempted | parataxis |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 passage | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 passage | det |
| 19 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 described | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the object | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | ||||
| 2 | attempt | past | the dragon | the object | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | project not said to happen | to-infinitive | the dragon not said here | the lunar body | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | describe | participle | the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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
the great iron-bound club of the dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 club | det |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 club | amod |
| 3 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 club | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 iron | punct |
| 5 | bound | bound | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 club | amod |
| 6 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 dragon | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dragon | det |
| 9 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 club | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
the iron-bound stone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stone | det |
| 2 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bound | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 iron | punct |
| 4 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 stone | amod |
| 5 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bind | participle | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
the iron-bound club
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 club | det |
| 2 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bound | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 iron | punct |
| 4 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 club | amod |
| 5 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bind | participle | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
the enormous iron-bound club his grandfather had carried
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 club | det |
| 2 | enormous | enormous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 club | amod |
| 3 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bound | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 iron | punct |
| 5 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 club | amod |
| 6 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 grandfather | nmod:poss |
| 8 | grandfather | grandfather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 carried | aux |
| 10 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 club | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bind | participle | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | carry | past · perfect · passive | the enormous bound club not said here | his grandfather | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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