Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty…
What object did Andrew Coffey hear about before he saw the box?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, Andrew · What happens: do, hear, see · To what, where: box
This is exam question 3 of lesson 2016 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty and the lord's purse, then a haunted cabin and a man in a box» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | obj |
| 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 | Andrew | Andrew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 hear | nsubj |
| 5 | Coffey | Coffey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Andrew | flat |
| 6 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | parataxis |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 hear | advmod |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 saw | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 saw | nsubj |
| 10 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hear | ccomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 box | det |
| 12 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 saw | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | object | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | hear | present | Andrew | about property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | see | past | Andrew | the box | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer box=Stimulus |
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 blackthorn stick carried by the man who had bounced out of the cupboard in the cabin
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stick | det |
| 2 | blackthorn | blackthorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stick | compound |
| 3 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 stick | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 man | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 man | det |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carried | obl |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 bounced | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 bounced | aux |
| 10 | bounced | bounce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 man | acl:relcl |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 cupboard | case |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 cupboard | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 cupboard | det |
| 14 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bounced | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 cabin | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 cabin | det |
| 17 | cabin | cabin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cupboard | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | participle | a blackthorn stick not said here | by the man | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | bounce | past · perfect | the man | the cupboard in the cabin | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out cupboard=Trajectory |
Option 2
a club the robber had hidden in the hay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 club | det |
| 2 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 robber | det |
| 4 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hidden | aux |
| 6 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 hay | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hay | det |
| 9 | hay | hay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past · perfect · passive | a club | the hay | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in hay=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
a blackthorn carried by the man from the cupboard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 blackthorn | det |
| 2 | blackthorn | blackthorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 blackthorn | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 man | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 cupboard | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cupboard | det |
| 9 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | participle | a blackthorn not said here | the cupboard | by the man | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from cupboard=Initial_Location |
Option 4
a heavy iron cudgel carried by the man outside the door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cudgel | det |
| 2 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cudgel | amod |
| 3 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cudgel | compound |
| 4 | cudgel | cudgel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 cudgel | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 man | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carried | obl |
| 9 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 11 door | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 door | det |
| 11 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 man | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | participle | a heavy iron cudgel not said here | by the man outside the door | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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