Exam question 3 · Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule…

Which of the following best describes the relationship between Simon and the three rogues as depicted in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, depict · To what, where: relationship, passage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1906 «Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule that three rogues swear is a donkey» 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	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
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 relationship	det
8	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	between	between	ADP	_	10 Simon	case
10	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 relationship	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rogues	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rogues	det
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 rogues	nummod
14	rogues	rogue	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 Simon	conj
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 depicted	mark
16	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 relationship	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 passage	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 passage	det
19	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 depicted	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the relationship		of the best; between Simon and the three rogues	tree rules
3	depict	participle	the relationship not said here	the passage		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

A feud in which the rogues are finally the winners overall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 feud	det
2	feud	feud	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 winners	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 rogues	det
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rogues	det
6	rogues	rogue	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feud	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 winners	cop
8	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 winners	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 winners	det
10	winners	winner	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
11	overall	overall	ADV	_	10 winners	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a feud which rogues	the winners				finally, overall property	tree rules

Option 2

A contest of strength in which the rogues defeat Simon at last

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 contest	det
2	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 defeat	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 strength	case
4	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contest	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 defeat	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rogues	det
8	rogues	rogue	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 defeat	nsubj
9	defeat	defeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 defeat	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 last	case
12	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 defeat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat	present	a contest of strength	Simon		last			tree rules
2	contest			strength					nom contest «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A contest of wits in which Simon is ultimately the victor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 contest	det
2	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 victor	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wits	case
4	wits	wit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contest	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 Simon	obl
7	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wits	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 victor	cop
9	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	11 victor	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 victor	det
11	victor	victor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a contest of wits Simon	the victor				ultimately property	tree rules
2	contest			wits Simon					nom contest «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A long-standing friendship between Simon and the three rogues, built on years of trust and mutual respect in the village

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 friendship	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 friendship	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
4	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 friendship	amod
5	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 Simon	case
7	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 friendship	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rogues	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rogues	det
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 rogues	nummod
11	rogues	rogue	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Simon	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 built	punct
13	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 friendship	acl
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 years	case
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 built	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 trust	case
17	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 years	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 respect	cc
19	mutual	mutual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 respect	amod
20	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 trust	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 village	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 village	det
23	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	build	participle		a long standing friendship between Simon and the three rogues not said here			year		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1906-pg7277-part43/e3/