Exam question 2 · pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29: Florea meets a thre…
With what precise matter did the emperor's youngest son repeatedly address his father?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: address · To what, where: father
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1778 «pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29: Florea meets a three-headed dragon at the bridge» 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 address | obl |
| 3 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 matter | amod |
| 4 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 address | aux |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 emperor | det |
| 7 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 son | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 emperor | case |
| 9 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 son | amod |
| 10 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obj |
| 11 | repeatedly | repeatedly | ADV | _ | 12 address | advmod |
| 12 | address | address | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 father | nmod:poss |
| 14 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 address | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 address | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | address | past · do-support | matter's father | repeatedly property | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent father=Destination with what=Theme |
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
A complaint about the royal stables
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 complaint | det |
| 2 | complaint | complaint | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 stables | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stables | det |
| 5 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 stables | amod |
| 6 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 complaint | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A question about the dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 question | det |
| 2 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 dragon | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dragon | det |
| 5 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 question | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A question concerning the emperor's two eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 question | det |
| 2 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 question | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 emperor | det |
| 5 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 emperor | case |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 eyes | nummod |
| 8 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 concerning | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | concern | gerund | a question not said here | the emperor's two eyes | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer |
Option 4
A question about the emperor's health
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 question | det |
| 2 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 health | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 emperor | det |
| 5 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 health | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 emperor | case |
| 7 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 question | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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