Exam question 1 · pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princess passes the trap,…
Which of the following weapons did the princess select from the armoury upon the instruction of the genius?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: following weapons, princess · What happens: follow, do, select, instruct · To what, where: armoury, genius
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1807 «pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princess passes the trap, is sent off with Sunlight, and sails to find Iliane» 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 did | obj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 weapons | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 weapons | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 weapons | amod |
| 5 | weapons | weapon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 did | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 princess | det |
| 8 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 select | nsubj |
| 9 | select | select | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 did | ccomp |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 armoury | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 armoury | det |
| 12 | armoury | armoury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 select | obl |
| 13 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 15 instruction | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 instruction | det |
| 15 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 select | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 genius | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 genius | det |
| 18 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 instruction | nmod |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the following weapons | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | select | infinitive | the princess | the armoury | upon the instruction of the genius | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from armoury=Source | |||
| 4 | instruct | the genius | nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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 heavy iron mace with spiked head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mace | det |
| 2 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mace | amod |
| 3 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mace | compound |
| 4 | mace | mace | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 head | case |
| 6 | spiked | spike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 head | amod |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mace | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spike | participle | tree rules |
Option 2
A spear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 spear | det |
| 2 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
An old sword with a curved blade
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sword | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sword | amod |
| 3 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 blade | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 blade | det |
| 6 | curved | curve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 blade | amod |
| 7 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sword | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curve | participle | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |
Option 4
A short bow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bow | det |
| 2 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bow | amod |
| 3 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
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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