Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 38: John eats magic…
Which of the following describes the disguise adopted by the Little Soldier upon entering the palace?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, adopt, enter · To what, where: disguise, palace
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1901 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 38: John eats magic plums, sells them, and unmasks the horned Princess» 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 | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 disguise | det |
| 7 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 8 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 disguise | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 Soldier | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Soldier | det |
| 11 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Soldier | amod |
| 12 | Soldier | Soldier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 adopted | obl:agent |
| 13 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 14 entering | mark |
| 14 | entering | enter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 adopted | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 palace | det |
| 16 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 entering | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | 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 | describe | present | the disguise | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent disguise=Theme | |||||
| 3 | adopt | participle | the disguise not said here | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | enter | gerund | the palace | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination |
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 right answer
a wig and spectacles with a doctor's robe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wig | det |
| 2 | wig | wig | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 spectacles | cc |
| 4 | spectacles | spectacle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wig | conj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 robe | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 doctor | det |
| 7 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 robe | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 doctor | case |
| 9 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wig | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a wig, spectacles, robe and a long gold chain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wig | det |
| 2 | wig | wig | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 spectacles | punct |
| 4 | spectacles | spectacle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wig | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 robe | punct |
| 6 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wig | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 chain | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 chain | det |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 chain | amod |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 chain | compound |
| 11 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wig | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
a hood and a monk's robe with cord
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hood | det |
| 2 | hood | hood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 robe | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 monk | det |
| 5 | monk | monk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 robe | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 monk | case |
| 7 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hood | conj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 cord | case |
| 9 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 robe | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a grey hood and a long black cloak
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hood | det |
| 2 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hood | amod |
| 3 | hood | hood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cloak | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cloak | det |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cloak | amod |
| 7 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cloak | amod |
| 8 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hood | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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