Exam question 1 · pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace re…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the wind informed the traveller of the location of his stolen palace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wind · What happens: follow, describe, inform, steal · To what, where: manner, traveller

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1897 «pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace returns home, and the youngest son meets the hare and the Porcelain Maiden» 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	6 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 describes	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 informed	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wind	det
12	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 informed	nsubj
13	informed	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 traveller	det
15	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 informed	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 location	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 location	det
18	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 traveller	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 palace	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 palace	nmod:poss
21	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 palace	amod
22	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 location	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	inform speech: other	past	the wind	the traveller of the location of wind's stolen palace	the manner		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent traveller=Recipient
4	steal	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 wind told him it sat on a far island in the south sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sat	nsubj
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 island	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 island	det
9	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 island	amod
10	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
13	south	South	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sea	amod
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the wind		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	sit	past	wind			a far island		in the south sea	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on island=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The wind stated that the palace lay on the other side of the Red Sea

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 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stated	nsubj
3	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 lay	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	nsubj
7	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stated	advcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 side	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 side	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 side	amod
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 Sea	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Sea	det
14	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Sea	compound
15	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	past	the wind						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	lie	past	the palace			the other side of the Red Sea			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location

Option 3

The wind, blowing loudly through the trees, plainly informed the traveller that the palace stood on the far side of the Red Sea, beyond the desert

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 blowing	punct
4	blowing	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 wind	acl
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	4 blowing	advmod
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 trees	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trees	det
8	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blowing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 informed	punct
10	plainly	plainly	ADV	_	11 informed	advmod
11	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 trees	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 traveller	det
13	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 informed	obj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 stood	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 palace	det
16	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stood	nsubj
17	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 informed	ccomp
18	on	on	ADP	_	21 side	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 side	det
20	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 side	amod
21	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stood	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 Sea	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Sea	det
24	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Sea	compound
25	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 side	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 desert	punct
27	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	29 desert	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 desert	det
29	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	blow	gerund	the wind and the desert not said here		the trees	loudly property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	inform speech: other	participle	the trees not said here	the traveller		plainly property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent traveller=Recipient clause=Topic
3	stand	past	the palace		the far side of the Red Sea		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location

Option 4

The wind answered him in a whisper after he had asked it many times, explaining that the palace lay across the Red Sea on the other side of the mountains

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answered	nsubj
3	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 answered	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 whisper	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 whisper	det
7	whisper	whisper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answered	obl
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 asked	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 asked	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 asked	aux
11	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 answered	ccomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 asked	obj
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 times	amod
14	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 asked	obl:unmarked
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 explaining	punct
16	explaining	explain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 asked	conj
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 lay	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 palace	det
19	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lay	nsubj
20	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 explaining	advcl
21	across	across	ADP	_	24 Sea	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Sea	det
23	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Sea	compound
24	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 lay	obl
25	on	on	ADP	_	28 side	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 side	det
27	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 side	amod
28	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lay	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 mountains	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 mountains	det
31	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	the wind	him = he	a whisper			tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past · perfect	wind	whisper		time		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
3	explain speech: assert	gerund	wind not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	lie	past	the palace		the Red Sea		on the other side of the mountains	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location

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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