Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic…

To which character does the foolish plan involving the pot of rice principally belong?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: foolish plan · What happens: do, involve, belong · To what, where: foolish plan, pot

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1824 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic Fiddle: the Prince wins his parrot, Punchkin dies, and a greedy Brahman and a jealous sister-in-law are introduced» 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	_	3 character	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 character	det
3	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plan	det
6	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 plan	amod
7	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	involving	involve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 plan	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pot	det
10	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 involving	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 rice	case
12	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pot	nmod
13	principally	principally	ADV	_	14 belong	advmod
14	belong	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 involving	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present		the foolish plan	to which character	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Eventuality
2	involve	gerund	the foolish plan not said here	the pot of rice		vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Theme
3	belong	present	the foolish plan not said here		principally property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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

The wife called Balna

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wife	det
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wife	acl
4	Balna	Balna	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		the wife not said here					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The boy named Somasarman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 boy	acl
4	Somasarman	Somasarman	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 named	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle		the boy not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Brahman named Svabhavakripana

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Brahman	det
2	Brahman	brahman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Brahman	acl
4	Svabhavakripana	Svabhavakripana	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 named	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle		the Brahman not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The poor Brahman who lived with his wives in the village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Brahman	det
2	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Brahman	amod
3	Brahman	Brahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lived	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 lived	nsubj
5	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 wives	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wives	nmod:poss
8	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lived	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 village	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 village	det
11	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the poor Brahman			the village		with Brahman's wives	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with wife=Location

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