Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at…

What was the nature of the dice employed in the game of chaupur?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nature · What happens: be, employ · To what, where: game

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 employed	obj
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	8 employed	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 dice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dice	det
7	dice	die	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 nature	nmod
8	employed	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 game	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 game	det
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 chaupur	case
13	chaupur	chaupur	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 game	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 employed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past							tree rules
2	employ	past	the nature of the dice			the game of chaupur			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Fashioned from the bones of the deceased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fashioned	fashion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 bones	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bones	det
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Fashioned	obl
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 deceased	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 deceased	det
7	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bones	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fashion	participle				the bones			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent from bone=Material
2	decease	participle		the bones not said here					vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Fashioned from the bones of the deceased, and polished bright with the king's oil

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fashioned	fashion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 bones	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bones	det
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Fashioned	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	16 oil	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 oil	det
7	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 oil	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 polished	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 polished	cc
10	polished	polish	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 oil	csubj
11	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 polished	xcomp
12	with	with	ADP	_	16 oil	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 oil	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 king	case
16	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bones	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	fashion	participle	the bones of the king's deceased oil		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent from bone=Material
2	decease	participle			vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	polish	past		bright property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Carved from the bones of animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 bones	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bones	det
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carved	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 animals	case
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bones	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	participle				the bones of animals			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Fashioned from the bones of the deceased men of the kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fashioned	fashion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 bones	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bones	det
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Fashioned	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 men	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 men	det
7	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 men	amod
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bones	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 kingdom	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kingdom	det
11	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 men	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fashion	participle				the bones of the deceased men of the kingdom			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent from bone=Material
2	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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