Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, Pomegranate Seeds and The Golden Fleece,…

Which of the following accurately describes the physical form of the Centaur Chiron?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, form · To what, where: Centaur Chiron

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2076 «Tanglewood Tales, Pomegranate Seeds and The Golden Fleece, part 35: Proserpina returns, then Jason reaches a raging river» 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	9 form	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 form	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 form	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 form	csubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 form	det
8	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 form	amod
9	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 Chiron	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Chiron	det
12	Centaur	Centaur	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Chiron	compound
13	Chiron	Chiron	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 form	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	form		the Centaur Chiron		nom form «communication transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

The torso of a bearded man with the hind legs of a stag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 torso	det
2	torso	torso	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 man	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	bearded	bearded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 torso	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 legs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 legs	det
9	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 legs	amod
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 man	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 stag	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 stag	det
13	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 legs	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A body of a black bull with the wings and tail of a great eagle

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 bull	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bull	det
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bull	amod
6	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 body	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 wings	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wings	det
9	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bull	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tail	cc
11	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wings	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 eagle	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 eagle	det
14	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 eagle	amod
15	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tail	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A body and legs of a white horse with the head and shoulders of a man

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 legs	cc
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 body	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 horse	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 horse	det
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 horse	amod
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 legs	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 head	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 horse	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 shoulders	cc
13	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 head	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 man	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 man	det
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shoulders	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A body and legs of a white horse with the head, shoulders, and arms of a man, wearing a long woolen robe

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 legs	cc
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 body	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 horse	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 horse	det
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 horse	amod
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 legs	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 head	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 horse	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 shoulders	punct
13	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 horse	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 arms	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 arms	cc
16	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 body	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 man	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 man	det
19	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 arms	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 wearing	punct
21	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 body	conj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 robe	det
23	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 robe	amod
24	woolen	woolen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 robe	amod
25	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 wearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	gerund		a long woolen robe					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent robe=Theme

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