Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brewery of Eggshells: a mother tes…

Which of the following best describes the method by which the mother establishes the true identity of her children?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother · What happens: follow, describe, establish · To what, where: method, true identity

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2020 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brewery of Eggshells: a mother tests her twins with a hen's eggshell and gets her real children 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	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 method	det
8	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 establishes	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mother	det
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 establishes	nsubj
13	establishes	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 method	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 identity	det
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 identity	amod
16	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 establishes	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 children	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 children	nmod:poss
19	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 identity	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the method	of the best	tree rules
3	establish	present	the mother	the true identity of mother's children	by the method	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

She prepares potage in an eggshell and attends to the speech of the twins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prepares	nsubj
2	prepares	prepare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	potage	potage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prepares	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 eggshell	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 eggshell	det
6	eggshell	eggshell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prepares	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 attends	cc
8	attends	attend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 prepares	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 speech	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 speech	det
11	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attends	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 twins	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 twins	det
14	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 speech	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	prepare	present	She	potage	a eggshell		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potage=Patient
2	attend	present	She not said here			to the speech of the twins	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to speech=Theme
3	speak			the twins			nom speech «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

She tests the twins with a riddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tests	nsubj
2	tests	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 twins	det
4	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tests	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 riddle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 riddle	det
7	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tests	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	present	She	the twins				with a riddle	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twin=Theme

Option 3

She throws the twins into the lake and waits for the goblins to respond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 throws	nsubj
2	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 twins	det
4	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 throws	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 lake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lake	det
7	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throws	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 waits	cc
9	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 throws	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 goblins	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 goblins	det
12	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 waits	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 respond	mark
14	respond	respond	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 waits	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	throw	present	She	the twins	into the lake result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer twin=Theme into lake=Result
2	wait	present	She not said here		for the goblins	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	respond speech: other	to-infinitive	She not said here			vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She asks the Wise Man to inspect the twins and reads their faces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Man	det
4	Wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Man	amod
5	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asks	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 inspect	mark
7	inspect	inspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asks	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 twins	det
9	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 inspect	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 reads	cc
11	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 asks	conj
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 faces	nmod:poss
13	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 reads	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	She		the Wise Man	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic
2	inspect not said to happen	to-infinitive		the twins		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twin=Theme
3	read	present	She not said here	twins's faces		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Topic

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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