Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman…
exam: What was the principal cause of Harisarman's distress at the commencement of the passage?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: exam, Harisarman · What happens: be, distress · To what, where: principal cause, commencement
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» 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 | exam | exam | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 cause | punct |
| 3 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 cause | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 cause | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cause | det |
| 6 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cause | amod |
| 7 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 exam | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 distress | case |
| 9 | Harisarman | Harisarman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 distress | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Harisarman | case |
| 11 | distress | distress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cause | nmod |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 commencement | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 commencement | det |
| 14 | commencement | commencement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cause | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 passage | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 passage | det |
| 17 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 commencement | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 exam | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | exam | the principal cause | the commencement of the passage | of Harisarman's distress | tree rules | ||
| 2 | distress | Harisarman | nom distress «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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
His habit of pretending to know things he had never studied
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 habit | nmod:poss |
| 2 | habit | habit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 4 pretending | mark |
| 4 | pretending | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 habit | acl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 know | mark |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 pretending | xcomp |
| 7 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 know | obj |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 studied | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 studied | aux |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 studied | advmod |
| 11 | studied | study | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | gerund | His habit not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | know | to-infinitive | His habit not said here | things | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not study | past · perfect | he | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
His fear of the king's guards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 fear | nmod:poss |
| 2 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 guards | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 guards | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 king | case |
| 7 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fear | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | His = he | the king's guards | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
His pretence of possessing knowledge he did not possess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 pretence | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pretence | pretence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 knowledge | nmod:poss |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 4 possessing | mark |
| 4 | possessing | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 pretence | acl |
| 5 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 possess | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 possess | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 possess | advmod |
| 9 | possess | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 knowledge | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possess | gerund | His pretence not said here | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | not possess | past · do-support | he | His pretence's knowledge not said here | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot knowledge=Theme |
Option 4
His lie about having seen the stolen treasure with his own eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 lie | nmod:poss |
| 2 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 5 seen | mark |
| 4 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 seen | aux |
| 5 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 treasure | det |
| 7 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 treasure | amod |
| 8 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seen | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 eyes | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 eyes | amod |
| 12 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 treasure | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund · perfect · passive | His lie | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | steal | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | lie | His = he | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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