Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at…
Which object did Raja Rasalu relinquish as a forfeit in the first game of chaupur?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, Raja · What happens: do, relinquish
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 object | det |
| 2 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Raja | Raja | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 relinquish | nsubj |
| 5 | Rasalu | Rasalu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Raja | flat |
| 6 | relinquish | relinquish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | parataxis |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 forfeit | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 forfeit | det |
| 9 | forfeit | forfeit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 relinquish | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 game | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 game | det |
| 12 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 game | amod |
| 13 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 forfeit | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 chaupur | case |
| 15 | chaupur | chaupur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 game | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which object | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | relinquish | present | Raja | as a forfeit in the first game of chaupur | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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
His golden crown
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 | 3 crown | nmod:poss |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 crown | amod |
| 3 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crown | His = he | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
His shining armour and his royal horse Bhaunr
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 | 3 armour | nmod:poss |
| 2 | shining | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 armour | amod |
| 3 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 horse | cc |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 horse | nmod:poss |
| 6 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 horse | amod |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 armour | conj |
| 8 | Bhaunr | Bhaunr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 horse | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shine | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
His royal horse
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 | 3 horse | nmod:poss |
| 2 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 horse | amod |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
His shining armour
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 | 3 armour | nmod:poss |
| 2 | shining | shining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 armour | compound |
| 3 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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