Exam question 2 · Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks…
Identify the place in which the stepmother concealed the two infants beneath the palace.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, stepmother · What happens: identify, conceal · To what, where: place, two infants
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1802 «Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks become golden fishes, and the fishes become princes» 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 place | det |
| 3 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 concealed | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stepmother | det |
| 7 | stepmother | stepmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 concealed | nsubj |
| 8 | concealed | conceal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 place | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 infants | det |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 infants | nummod |
| 11 | infants | infant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 concealed | obj |
| 12 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 14 palace | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 palace | det |
| 14 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 concealed | obl |
| 15 | . | . | 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 place | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent place=Theme | ||||
| 2 | conceal | past | the stepmother | the two infants | the place | beneath the palace | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent infant=Patient in which=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Beneath the emperor's windows in the corner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 5 windows | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 emperor | det |
| 3 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 windows | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 emperor | case |
| 5 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 corner | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 corner | det |
| 8 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 windows | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Beneath the kitchen wall at the corner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 4 wall | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wall | det |
| 3 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wall | compound |
| 4 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 corner | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 corner | det |
| 7 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wall | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Beneath the emperor's windows in the corner of the east courtyard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 5 windows | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 emperor | det |
| 3 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 windows | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 emperor | case |
| 5 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 corner | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 corner | det |
| 8 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 windows | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 courtyard | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 courtyard | det |
| 11 | east | east | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 courtyard | amod |
| 12 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 corner | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Beneath the emperor's windows in the far corner of the great hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 5 windows | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 emperor | det |
| 3 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 windows | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 emperor | case |
| 5 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 corner | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 corner | det |
| 8 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 corner | amod |
| 9 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 windows | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 hall | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hall | det |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 hall | amod |
| 13 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 corner | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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