Exam question 4 · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f…
According to the narrator, to what did the misfortune of Ulysses's fleet principally owe its origin?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: accord, do, owe · To what, where: narrator, misfortune, origin
This is exam question 4 of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» 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 | According | accord | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 did | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 narrator | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 narrator | det |
| 4 | narrator | narrator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 According | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 did | punct |
| 6 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 8 did | mark |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 did | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 misfortune | det |
| 10 | misfortune | misfortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 did | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 fleet | case |
| 12 | Ulysses | Ulysses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 fleet | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Ulysses | case |
| 14 | fleet | fleet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 misfortune | nmod |
| 15 | principally | principally | ADV | _ | 16 owe | advmod |
| 16 | owe | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 did | advcl |
| 17 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 origin | nmod:poss |
| 18 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 owe | obj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | to the narrator goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to narrator=Goal | |||||
| 2 | do | past | the misfortune of Ulysses's fleet | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misfortune=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | owe | present | fleet's origin | principally property | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent origin=Theme |
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 cruel anger of the sea gods.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 anger | det |
| 2 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 anger | amod |
| 3 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gods | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gods | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gods | compound |
| 7 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 anger | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 anger | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | anger | the sea gods | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The foolish curiosity of his shipmates, who untied the leathern bags.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 curiosity | det |
| 2 | foolish | foolish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 curiosity | amod |
| 3 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 untied | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 shipmates | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 shipmates | nmod:poss |
| 6 | shipmates | shipmate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 curiosity | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 untied | punct |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 untied | nsubj |
| 9 | untied | untie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bags | det |
| 11 | leathern | leathern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bags | compound |
| 12 | bags | bag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 untied | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 untied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | untie | past | the foolish curiosity of curiosity's shipmates | the leathern bags | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient |
Option 3
The poor steering of the captain's helm.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 steering | det |
| 2 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 steering | amod |
| 3 | steering | steering | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 helm | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 captain | det |
| 6 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 helm | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 captain | case |
| 8 | helm | helm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 steering | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 steering | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steer | the captain's helm | nom steering «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
A storm from the north.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 storm | det |
| 2 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 north | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 north | det |
| 5 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 storm | nmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 storm | punct |
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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