Exam question 4 · Grimm, Halfman, part 61: Halfman outwits the ogress and es…
Describe the location in which Halfman seeks refuge at the conclusion of this passage.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Halfman · What happens: describe, seek, conclude · To what, where: location, refuge, passage
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1810 «Grimm, Halfman, part 61: Halfman outwits the ogress and escapes the ogre» 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 | Describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 location | det |
| 3 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 seeks | obl |
| 6 | Halfman | Halfman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 seeks | nsubj |
| 7 | seeks | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 location | acl:relcl |
| 8 | refuge | refuge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seeks | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 conclusion | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 conclusion | det |
| 11 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seeks | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 passage | case |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 passage | det |
| 14 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 conclusion | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | imperative | you not said here | the location | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme | ||||
| 2 | seek | present | Halfman | refuge | the location | at the conclusion of this passage | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent refuge=Theme in which=Location | ||
| 3 | conclude | this passage | nom conclusion «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
an iron tower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 tower | det |
| 2 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tower | compound |
| 3 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a stone wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 wall | det |
| 2 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wall | compound |
| 3 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
a high roof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 roof | det |
| 2 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 roof | amod |
| 3 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a tall iron tower on the far hill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tower | det |
| 2 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tower | amod |
| 3 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tower | compound |
| 4 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 hill | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hill | det |
| 7 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hill | amod |
| 8 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tower | 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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