Exam question 4 · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, p…
Which phrase did the Court Gazette employ in reference to the Rocket's father?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: do · To what, where: Gazette employ, reference
This is exam question 4 of lesson 2039 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 9: the fireworks start to chatter and the Rocket brags about himself» 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 phrase | det |
| 2 | phrase | phrase | 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 | 7 employ | det |
| 5 | Court | Court | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Gazette | compound |
| 6 | Gazette | Gazette | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 employ | compound |
| 7 | employ | employ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 reference | case |
| 9 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 employ | nmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 father | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Rocket | det |
| 12 | Rocket | rocket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 father | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Rocket | case |
| 14 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which phrase | the Gazette employ | reference | to the Rocket's father | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality |
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
"a triumph of Pylotechnic art"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 triumph | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 triumph | det |
| 3 | triumph | triumph | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 art | case |
| 5 | Pylotechnic | Pylotechnic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 art | compound |
| 6 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 triumph | nmod |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 triumph | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | triumph in a quote | Pylotechnic art | nom triumph «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2
"a marvel of pyrotechnic craft"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 marvel | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 marvel | det |
| 3 | marvel | marvel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 craft | case |
| 5 | pyrotechnic | pyrotechnic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 craft | amod |
| 6 | craft | craft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 marvel | nmod |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 marvel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marvel in a quote | pyrotechnic craft | nom marvel «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
"a masterpiece of fireworks"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 masterpiece | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 masterpiece | det |
| 3 | masterpiece | masterpiece | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 fireworks | case |
| 5 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 masterpiece | nmod |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 masterpiece | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
"a triumph of Pylotechnic art and the finest display ever seen in the kingdom"
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 triumph | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 triumph | det |
| 3 | triumph | triumph | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 art | case |
| 5 | Pylotechnic | Pylotechnic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 art | compound |
| 6 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 triumph | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 display | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 display | det |
| 9 | finest | fine | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 display | amod |
| 10 | display | display | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 triumph | conj |
| 11 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 12 seen | advmod |
| 12 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 display | acl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 kingdom | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 kingdom | det |
| 15 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 seen | obl |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 triumph | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | participle | the finest display not said here | the kingdom | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | triumph in a quote | Pylotechnic art | nom triumph «event intransitive»: of=agent |
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