Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland…

With reference to the passage, state the object which illuminated the hall of the Dark Tower.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: illuminate · To what, where: hall

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1961 «English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland frees his sister and the Elfin King, then Molly Whuppie tricks a giant three times» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 object	det
9	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 illuminated	nsubj
11	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 object	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hall	det
13	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 illuminated	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 Tower	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Tower	det
16	Dark	Dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Tower	compound
17	Tower	Tower	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 hall	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	illuminate	past	the object	the hall of the Dark Tower					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=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

a golden lantern

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lantern	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lantern	amod
3	lantern	lantern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

a large jewel that was constantly revolving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 jewel	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jewel	amod
3	jewel	jewel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 revolving	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 revolving	aux
6	constantly	constantly	ADV	_	7 revolving	advmod
7	revolving	revolve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 jewel	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revolve	past · progressive	a large jewel					constantly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

a bright carbuncle hung high above the hall floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 carbuncle	det
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 carbuncle	amod
3	carbuncle	carbuncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 carbuncle	acl
5	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 hung	advmod
6	above	above	ADP	_	9 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 floor	compound
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	participle		a bright carbuncle not said here		the hall floor		high property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above floor=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a revolving carbuncle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 carbuncle	det
2	revolving	revolve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 carbuncle	amod
3	carbuncle	carbuncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revolve	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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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