Exam question 3 · Old Deccan Days, The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead, pa…
To what region did the horse convey the prince following his escape from the stable?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: region, you, prince · What happens: do, convey, follow, escape · To what, where: horse, prince, escape, stable
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1845 «Old Deccan Days, The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead, part 29: Katar hides the prince, then the prince becomes a poor servant» 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 | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 convey | obl |
| 3 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 horse | det |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | convey | convey | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 convey | obj |
| 10 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 prince | acl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 escape | nmod:poss |
| 12 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 following | obj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 stable | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 stable | det |
| 15 | stable | stable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 following | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 convey | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | region | the horse | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | convey | imperative | you not said here | the prince | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Topic to what=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | follow | gerund | the prince not said here | region's escape | the stable | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent escape=Theme from stable=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | escape | region | nom escape «act intransitive»: 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
To a forest in a distant land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 forest | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 forest | det |
| 3 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 land | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 land | det |
| 6 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 land | amod |
| 7 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forest | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To a jungle in another country
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 jungle | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 jungle | det |
| 3 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 country | case |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 country | det |
| 6 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jungle | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
To a jungle in another country where he was safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 jungle | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 jungle | det |
| 3 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 country | case |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 country | det |
| 6 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jungle | nmod |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 safe | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 safe | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 safe | cop |
| 10 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 country | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | safe property | tree rules |
Option 4
To a deep jungle in another country far away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | ADP | _ | 4 jungle | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 jungle | det |
| 3 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 jungle | amod |
| 4 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 country | case |
| 6 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 country | det |
| 7 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jungle | nmod |
| 8 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 away | advmod |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 jungle | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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