Exam question 4 · Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans…

Which character is described as "not really a man" in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: describe · To what, where: character

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 character	det
2	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 described	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 described	aux:pass
4	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 man	mark
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 man	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 man	advmod
8	really	really	ADV	_	10 man	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 man	det
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 described	advcl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 man	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 passage	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 passage	det
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 man	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive		which character					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=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

the stranger who woke Hans in the snow and vanished

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	10 vanished	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 woke	nsubj
4	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stranger	acl:relcl
5	Hans	Hans	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 woke	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 snow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snow	det
8	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 woke	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 woke	cc
10	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	past	the stranger	Hans		the snow			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hans=Patient
2	vanish	past	the stranger						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

the hidden smith of the cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 3

the golden-bar keeper who sat at the top of the stairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 keeper	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keeper	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 golden	punct
4	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keeper	compound
5	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sat	nsubj
7	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 keeper	acl:relcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 top	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 top	det
10	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sat	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 stairs	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stairs	det
13	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 top	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the golden bar keeper			the top of the stairs			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at top=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the master of the underground forge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

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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