Exam question 1 · Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a gra…

What was the principal function of the bell of justice in the town of Atri?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: principal function, town

This is exam question 1 of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 function	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 function	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 function	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 function	amod
5	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 bell	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bell	det
8	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 function	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 justice	case
10	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bell	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 town	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 town	det
13	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 function	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Atri	case
15	Atri	Atri	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 town	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 function	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal function		the town of Atri		of the bell of justice	tree rules

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

To ring out the news of the harvest season each year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ring	mark
2	ring	ring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 ring	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 news	det
5	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ring	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 season	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 season	det
8	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 season	compound
9	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 news	nmod
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ring	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring out	to-infinitive		the news of the harvest season			year		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location news=Theme

Option 2

To warn the town of a fire nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 town	det
4	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 town	nmod
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	2 warn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive		the town of a fire				nearby property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent town=Recipient

Option 3

To summon the judges whenever any citizen felt that the lords or merchants had treated them unfairly in any way at all

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 summon	mark
2	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 felt	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 judges	det
4	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 summon	obj
5	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 felt	advmod
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 citizen	det
7	citizen	citizen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 felt	nsubj
8	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 treated	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lords	det
11	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 treated	nsubj:pass
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 merchants	cc
13	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 lords	conj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 treated	aux
15	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 felt	advcl
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 treated	obj
17	unfairly	unfairly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 treated	xcomp
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 way	case
19	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	20 way	det
20	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 treated	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 treated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	summon	to-infinitive	any citizen not said here	the judges			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judge=Recipient
2	feel	past	any citizen			whenever property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	treat	past · perfect · passive		the lords or merchants	any way	at all; unfairly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To summon the judges when a genuine wrong had been done

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 summon	mark
2	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 judges	det
4	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 summon	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 done	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 wrong	det
7	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wrong	amod
8	wrong	wrong	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 done	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 done	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 done	aux:pass
11	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 summon	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	to-infinitive		the judges					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judge=Recipient
2	do	past · perfect · passive		a genuine wrong					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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