Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1…
Upon what grounds did the farmer's guest enquire whether the field had been consumed?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guest · What happens: ground, enquire, consume · To what, where: field
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1850 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1: the prince meets the Demon in the forest» 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 | Upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 3 grounds | mark |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 grounds | nsubj |
| 3 | grounds | ground | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 enquire | advcl |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 enquire | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 farmer | det |
| 6 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 guest | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 farmer | case |
| 8 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 enquire | nsubj |
| 9 | enquire | enquire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 15 consumed | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 field | det |
| 12 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 consumed | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 consumed | aux |
| 14 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 consumed | aux:pass |
| 15 | consumed | consume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 enquire | advcl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 enquire | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ground | present | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | enquire speech: other | past · do-support | the farmer's guest | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | consume | past · perfect · passive | the field | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
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
Since he wanted to learn if the tenant was poor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Since | since | SCONJ | _ | 3 wanted | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 learn | mark |
| 5 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 poor | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tenant | det |
| 8 | tenant | tenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 poor | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 poor | cop |
| 10 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 learn | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | learn not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | past | the tenant | poor property | tree rules |
Option 2
To check the crops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 check | mark |
| 2 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 crops | det |
| 4 | crops | crop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 check | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | to-infinitive | the crops | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Because he wished to ascertain whether the owner was indebted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 wished | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wished | nsubj |
| 3 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 ascertain | mark |
| 5 | ascertain | ascertain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wished | xcomp |
| 6 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 10 indebted | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 owner | det |
| 8 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 indebted | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 indebted | aux:pass |
| 10 | indebted | indebt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ascertain | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | he | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ascertain not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | indebt | past · passive | the owner | tree rules |
Option 4
Because he wished to know if the owner was rich
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 wished | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wished | nsubj |
| 3 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 know | mark |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wished | xcomp |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 rich | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 owner | det |
| 8 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rich | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 rich | cop |
| 10 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | he | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | know not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | past | the owner | rich property | tree rules |
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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