Exam question 3 · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…
To what extent did the emperor's sorcerer contribute to the subsequent events in Rome?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sorcerer · What happens: contribute
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 contribute | obl |
| 3 | extent | extent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 contribute | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 emperor | det |
| 6 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sorcerer | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 emperor | case |
| 8 | sorcerer | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 contribute | nsubj |
| 9 | contribute | contribute | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 events | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 events | det |
| 12 | subsequent | subsequent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 events | amod |
| 13 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 contribute | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 Rome | case |
| 15 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 events | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 contribute | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contribute | past · do-support | the emperor's sorcerer | to the subsequent events in Rome | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to what=Recipient |
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
He numbed the emperor's soldiers, so Virgilius turned to the Black Book
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 numbed | nsubj |
| 2 | numbed | numb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 emperor | det |
| 4 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 soldiers | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 emperor | case |
| 6 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 numbed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 turned | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 turned | advmod |
| 9 | Virgilius | Virgilius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 turned | nsubj |
| 10 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 numbed | conj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Book | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Book | det |
| 13 | Black | Black | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Book | compound |
| 14 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | numb | past | He | the emperor's soldiers | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus soldier=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | turn | past | Virgilius | to the Black Book result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to book=Result |
Option 2
He drugged the garrison
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 drugged | nsubj |
| 2 | drugged | drug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 garrison | det |
| 4 | garrison | garrison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drugged | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drug | past | He | the garrison | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent garrison=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He enabled the emperor's garrison to be stupefied, forcing Virgilius to resort to his Black Book
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 enabled | nsubj |
| 2 | enabled | enable | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 emperor | det |
| 4 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 garrison | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 emperor | case |
| 6 | garrison | garrison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 enabled | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 stupefied | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 stupefied | aux:pass |
| 9 | stupefied | stupefy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 garrison | acl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 forcing | punct |
| 11 | forcing | force | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 enabled | advcl |
| 12 | Virgilius | Virgilius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 forcing | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 resort | mark |
| 14 | resort | resort | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 forcing | xcomp |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 Book | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 Book | nmod:poss |
| 17 | Black | Black | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Book | compound |
| 18 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 resort | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enable | past | He | the emperor's garrison | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stupefy | to-infinitive · passive | He not said here | the emperor's garrison not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ||||
| 3 | force | gerund | He not said here | Virgilius | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent virgilius=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | resort | to-infinitive | Virgilius not said here | Virgilius's Black Book | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to book=Result |
Option 4
He helped the army
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 helped | nsubj |
| 2 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 army | det |
| 4 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 helped | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | past | He | the army | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Beneficiary |
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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