Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…
What was the nature of the verse delivered by the Genius of the Varana-tree upon witnessing the conclusion of the crab's enterprise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nature, Varana tree · What happens: be, deliver, witness, conclude · To what, where: verse, conclusion, enterprise
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 nature | det |
| 4 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 verse | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 verse | det |
| 7 | verse | verse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nature | nmod |
| 8 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 verse | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 Genius | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Genius | det |
| 11 | Genius | Genius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 delivered | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 tree | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 tree | det |
| 14 | Varana | Varana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 tree | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 Varana | punct |
| 16 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Genius | nmod |
| 17 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 18 witnessing | mark |
| 18 | witnessing | witness | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 tree | acl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 conclusion | det |
| 20 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 witnessing | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 enterprise | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 crab | det |
| 23 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 enterprise | nmod:poss |
| 24 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 23 crab | case |
| 25 | enterprise | enterprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 conclusion | nmod |
| 26 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the nature of the verse | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | deliver | participle | the verse not said here | by the Genius of the Varana tree | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | witness | gerund | the Varana tree not said here | the conclusion of the crab's enterprise | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | conclude | the crab's enterprise | 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
A poem praising the crab's cleverness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 poem | det |
| 2 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | praising | praise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 poem | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 crab | det |
| 5 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cleverness | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 crab | case |
| 7 | cleverness | cleverness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 praising | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | praise | gerund | a poem not said here | the crab's cleverness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleverness=Theme |
Option 2
A poem praising the crab's cleverness, sung softly from the high branches of the tree
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 poem | det |
| 2 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sung | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | praising | praise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 poem | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 crab | det |
| 5 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cleverness | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 crab | case |
| 7 | cleverness | cleverness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 praising | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sung | punct |
| 9 | sung | sing | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | softly | softly | ADV | _ | 9 sung | advmod |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 branches | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 branches | det |
| 13 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 branches | amod |
| 14 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sung | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 tree | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 tree | det |
| 17 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 branches | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | praise | gerund | a poem not said here | the crab's cleverness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleverness=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | participle · passive | a poem | the high branches of the tree | softly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
A poem praising the crab's cleverness and warning all cranes to stay away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 poem | det |
| 2 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | praising | praise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 poem | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 crab | det |
| 5 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cleverness | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 crab | case |
| 7 | cleverness | cleverness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 praising | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 warning | cc |
| 9 | warning | warn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 praising | conj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 cranes | det |
| 11 | cranes | crane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 warning | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 stay | mark |
| 13 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 praising | advcl |
| 14 | away | away | ADV | _ | 13 stay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | praise | gerund | a poem not said here | the crab's cleverness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleverness=Theme | ||||
| 2 | warn speech: warn | gerund | a poem not said here | all cranes | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crane=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | stay away | to-infinitive | a poem not said here | away property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
A song mocking the crane's pride
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 song | det |
| 2 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | mocking | mock | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 song | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 crane | det |
| 5 | crane | crane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pride | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 crane | case |
| 7 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mocking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mock | gerund | a song not said here | the crane's pride | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pride=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pride | the crane | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=patient |
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