Exam question 3 · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events within the present passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 3 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	8 sequence	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 sequence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 sequence	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sequence	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sequence	amod
8	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 events	case
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sequence	nmod
11	within	within	ADP	_	14 passage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 passage	det
13	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 passage	amod
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 events	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 sequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						of the correct sequence; of events within the present passage	tree rules

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 Caliph sleeps, the pedlar arrives, and the chick is then boiled in broth

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Caliph	det
2	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sleeps	nsubj
3	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 arrives	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pedlar	det
6	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arrives	nsubj
7	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sleeps	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 boiled	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 boiled	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chick	det
11	chick	chick	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 boiled	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 boiled	aux:pass
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 boiled	advmod
14	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sleeps	parataxis
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 broth	case
16	broth	broth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 boiled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	the Caliph				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	arrive	present	the pedlar				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	boil	present · passive		the chick	then	in broth	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in broth=Instrument

Option 2

The pedlar sells the box, then the chick is cooked in a pot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pedlar	det
2	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sells	nsubj
3	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 box	det
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sells	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cooked	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 cooked	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chick	det
9	chick	chick	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cooked	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cooked	aux:pass
11	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sells	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 pot	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pot	det
14	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cooked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	the pedlar	the box					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme
2	cook	present · passive		the chick			then	in a pot	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in pot=Instrument

Option 3

The chick is punished by fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chick	det
2	chick	chick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punished	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punished	aux:pass
4	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 fire	case
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present · passive	fire	the chick					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The chick is punished by water, fire and wind, and the Caliph acquires a scroll

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chick	det
2	chick	chick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punished	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punished	aux:pass
4	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punished	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fire	punct
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wind	cc
10	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 acquires	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 acquires	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Caliph	det
14	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 acquires	nsubj
15	acquires	acquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punished	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 scroll	det
17	scroll	scroll	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 acquires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present · passive	water and fire and wind	the chick					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	acquire	present	the Caliph	a scroll					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scroll=Theme

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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