Exam question 1 · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the…
In what manner does the Swallow describe his destination when he speaks to the Prince?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Swallow · What happens: describe, speak · To what, where: destination, manner · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 2033 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the Rose, part 1: the Swallow dies, the statue is melted, and the Student needs a red rose» 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 describe | obl |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 describe | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Swallow | det |
| 6 | Swallow | swallow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 describe | nsubj |
| 7 | describe | describe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 destination | nmod:poss |
| 9 | destination | destination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 describe | obj |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 speaks | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 speaks | nsubj |
| 12 | speaks | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 describe | advcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Prince | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Prince | det |
| 15 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 speaks | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present · do-support | the Swallow | Swallow's destination | what manner | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent destination=Theme | |||
| 2 | speak speech: other | present | Swallow | to the Prince | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to prince=Co-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
As the grim and final House of Death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADP | _ | 6 House | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 House | det |
| 3 | grim | grim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 House | amod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 final | cc |
| 5 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grim | conj |
| 6 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Death | case |
| 8 | Death | Death | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 House | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
As the cold and silent House of Death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADP | _ | 6 House | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 House | det |
| 3 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 House | amod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 silent | cc |
| 5 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cold | conj |
| 6 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Death | case |
| 8 | Death | Death | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 House | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
As the House of Death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADP | _ | 3 House | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 House | det |
| 3 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Death | case |
| 5 | Death | Death | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 House | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
As a dark cold land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADP | _ | 5 land | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 land | det |
| 3 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 land | amod |
| 4 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 land | amod |
| 5 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
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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