Exam question 3 · Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the k…

Which principle do the six blind men illustrate in the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principle, six blind men · What happens: do, illustrate · To what, where: narrative

This is exam question 3 of lesson 356 «Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the king naps under a tree and wakes at noon» 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 principle	det
2	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 do	nsubj
3	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 men	det
5	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 men	nummod
6	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 men	amod
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 illustrate	nsubj
8	illustrate	illustrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 do	parataxis
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 narrative	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 narrative	det
11	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 illustrate	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	which principle						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	illustrate	present	the six blind men			the narrative			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers who each trust only their own limited experience

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Partial	partial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 perception	amod
2	perception	perception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lead	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lead	aux
4	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 conflict	case
6	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lead	obl
7	among	among	ADP	_	8 observers	case
8	observers	observer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lead	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 trust	nsubj
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 trust	advmod
11	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 observers	acl:relcl
12	only	only	ADV	_	16 experience	advmod
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 experience	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 experience	amod
15	limited	limited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 experience	amod
16	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trust	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lead	can	Partial perception		to conflict; among observers	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to conflict=Patient
2	trust	present	observers	observers's own limited experience		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	experience		observers = observer			nom experience «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Limited knowledge breeds arguments between witnesses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Limited	limited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 knowledge	amod
2	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breeds	nsubj
3	breeds	breed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	arguments	argument	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 breeds	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 witnesses	case
6	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 breeds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breed	present	Limited knowledge	arguments				between witnesses	tree rules

Option 3

Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers, and only sight reveals the complete truth of things

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Partial	partial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 perception	amod
2	perception	perception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lead	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lead	aux
4	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 conflict	case
6	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lead	obl
7	among	among	ADP	_	8 observers	case
8	observers	observer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lead	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 reveals	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 reveals	cc
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 sight	advmod
12	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reveals	nsubj
13	reveals	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lead	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 truth	det
15	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 truth	amod
16	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reveals	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 things	case
18	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 truth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	can	Partial perception					to conflict; among observers	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to conflict=Patient
2	reveal	present	sight	the complete truth of things					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Partial	partial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 perception	amod
2	perception	perception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lead	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lead	aux
4	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 conflict	case
6	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lead	obl
7	among	among	ADP	_	8 observers	case
8	observers	observer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lead	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	can	Partial perception					to conflict; among observers	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to conflict=Patient

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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