Exam question 3 · Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the d…
Which object did the dwarf instruct Hans to extract from the church wall?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: object, dwarf · What happens: do, instruct, extract · To what, where: Hans, church wall
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» 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 object | det |
| 2 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dwarf | det |
| 5 | dwarf | dwarf | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 instruct | nsubj |
| 6 | instruct | instruct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | parataxis |
| 7 | Hans | Han | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 instruct | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 extract | mark |
| 9 | extract | extract | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 instruct | advcl |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 wall | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 wall | det |
| 12 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wall | compound |
| 13 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 extract | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which object | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | instruct speech: other | present | the dwarf | Hans | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent han=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | extract | to-infinitive | the dwarf not said here | the church wall | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent from wall=Initial_Location |
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
A loose tile by the church door, hidden under a pile of straw and old bricks
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 tile | det |
| 2 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tile | amod |
| 3 | tile | tile | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 door | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 6 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 door | compound |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tile | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hidden | punct |
| 9 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tile | acl |
| 10 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 pile | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 pile | det |
| 12 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hidden | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 straw | case |
| 14 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pile | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 bricks | cc |
| 16 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 bricks | amod |
| 17 | bricks | brick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 pile | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | participle | a loose tile by the church door not said here | a pile of straw and old bricks | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under pile=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A loose stone in the north corner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stone | det |
| 2 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stone | amod |
| 3 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 corner | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 corner | det |
| 6 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 corner | compound |
| 7 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stone | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A loose stone located in the north corner of the church, hidden behind the old altar cloth and dust
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stone | det |
| 2 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stone | amod |
| 3 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | located | locate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 stone | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 corner | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 corner | det |
| 7 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 corner | compound |
| 8 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 located | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 church | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 church | det |
| 11 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 corner | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 hidden | punct |
| 13 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 18 cloth | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 cloth | det |
| 16 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 cloth | amod |
| 17 | altar | altar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 cloth | compound |
| 18 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hidden | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 dust | cc |
| 20 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 cloth | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | locate | participle | a loose stone not said here | the north corner of the church | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | participle · passive | a loose stone | the old altar cloth and dust | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient behind cloth=Location |
Option 4
A loose board in the south aisle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 board | det |
| 2 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 board | amod |
| 3 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 aisle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 aisle | det |
| 6 | south | South | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 aisle | amod |
| 7 | aisle | aisle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 board | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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