Exam question 1 · Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans…

To whom does the phrase "a long thin man" refer in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: do, refer · To what, where: phrase, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1787 «Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans is led to a cave of gold and tiny smiths» 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	_	3 does	case
2	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 refer	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 phrase	det
5	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 man	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 man	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
9	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 phrase	appos
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 man	punct
12	refer	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 passage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 refer	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 refer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the phrase					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phrase=Eventuality
2	refer	present				the passage			vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=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

the sleeping woodcutter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woodcutter	det
2	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woodcutter	amod
3	woodcutter	woodcutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

the blacksmith who forged the golden bars in the cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blacksmith	det
2	blacksmith	blacksmith	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 forged	nsubj
4	forged	forge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 blacksmith	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bars	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bars	amod
7	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 forged	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 cave	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cave	det
10	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forge	past	the blacksmith	the golden bars		the cave			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bar=Theme in cave=Destination

Option 3

the tall stranger in the snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stranger	amod
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 snow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 snow	det
6	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stranger	nmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the stranger who wakes Hans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 wakes	nsubj
4	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stranger	acl:relcl
5	Hans	Hans	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wakes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	present	the stranger	Hans					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hans=Patient

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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