Exam question 1 · Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's do…
Which object did the shepherd retain as proof of his deed after the death of the dragon?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: object, shepherd, dragon · What happens: do, retain, proof, die · To what, where: shepherd, deed
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 object | det |
| 2 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shepherd | det |
| 5 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | retain | retain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shepherd | acl:relcl |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 proof | case |
| 8 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 deed | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 deed | nmod:poss |
| 11 | deed | deed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 proof | nmod |
| 12 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 death | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 death | det |
| 14 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 dragon | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 dragon | det |
| 17 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 death | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which object | the shepherd | after the death of the dragon | as proof of object's deed | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Eventuality | ||
| 2 | retain | present | the shepherd not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | proof | object's deed | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | die | the dragon | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer
the two front teeth of the dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teeth | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 teeth | nummod |
| 3 | front | front | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 teeth | amod |
| 4 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 dragon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dragon | det |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 teeth | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
the golden crown of the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 crown | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 crown | amod |
| 3 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 king | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 crown | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crown | the king | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
the two front teeth of the dragon, pulled from its jaw
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teeth | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 teeth | nummod |
| 3 | front | front | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 teeth | amod |
| 4 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 dragon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dragon | det |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 teeth | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 pulled | punct |
| 9 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 teeth | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 jaw | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 jaw | nmod:poss |
| 12 | jaw | jaw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | participle | from dragon's jaw | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from jaw=Co-Patient |
Option 4
the two front teeth of the dragon and its great burning scales
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teeth | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 teeth | nummod |
| 3 | front | front | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 teeth | amod |
| 4 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 dragon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dragon | det |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 teeth | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 scales | cc |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 scales | nmod:poss |
| 10 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 scales | amod |
| 11 | burning | burning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 scales | compound |
| 12 | scales | scale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 teeth | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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