Exam question 2 · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

Which of the following accurately describes the nature of the wares offered for sale by the pedlar in the courtyard?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, offer · To what, where: nature, wares

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nature	det
8	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 wares	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wares	det
11	wares	ware	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 nature	nmod
12	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 wares	acl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 sale	case
14	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 offered	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 pedlar	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pedlar	det
17	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 offered	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 courtyard	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 courtyard	det
20	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pedlar	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the nature of the wares	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme
3	offer	participle	the wares not said here	for sale goal; by the pedlar in the courtyard	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for sale=Goal

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

Costly articles including pearls, rings, pistols, goblets, combs and a number of rare silk scarves and fine carpets

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Costly	costly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 articles	amod
2	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	including	include	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 pearls	case
4	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rings	punct
6	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pistols	punct
8	pistols	pistol	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 goblets	punct
10	goblets	goblet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 combs	punct
12	combs	comb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 number	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 number	det
15	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 articles	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 scarves	case
17	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 scarves	amod
18	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 scarves	compound
19	scarves	scarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 number	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 carpets	cc
21	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 carpets	amod
22	carpets	carpet	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 scarves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	include	gerund							vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Costly articles including pearls, rings, pistols, goblets and combs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Costly	costly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 articles	amod
2	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	including	include	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 pearls	case
4	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rings	punct
6	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pistols	punct
8	pistols	pistol	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 goblets	punct
10	goblets	goblet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 combs	cc
12	combs	comb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	include	gerund							vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Plain household goods like pots, pans, spoons and cups for sale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 goods	amod
2	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goods	compound
3	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 pots	case
5	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 goods	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pans	punct
7	pans	pan	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pots	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 spoons	punct
9	spoons	spoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pots	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cups	cc
11	cups	cup	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pots	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 sale	case
13	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cups	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Costly articles including pearls, rings, pistols, goblets and combs, all hidden in a secret drawer for the Caliph

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Costly	costly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 articles	amod
2	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	including	include	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 pearls	case
4	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rings	punct
6	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pistols	punct
8	pistols	pistol	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 goblets	punct
10	goblets	goblet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 combs	cc
12	combs	comb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 articles	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hidden	punct
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 hidden	det
15	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 articles	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 drawer	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 drawer	det
18	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 drawer	amod
19	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hidden	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 Caliph	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Caliph	det
22	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 drawer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	include	gerund							vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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