Exam question 4 · The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dan…
Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of the term "piper" as employed by the Wolf in this part?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, employ · To what, where: appropriate definition, part
This is exam question 4 of lesson 362 «The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dances for a wolf is saved by the Shepherd Dogs» 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 definition | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 definition | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 definition | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 definition | case |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 definition | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 definition | det |
| 7 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 8 appropriate | advmod |
| 8 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 definition | amod |
| 9 | definition | definition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 term | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 term | det |
| 12 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 definition | nmod |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 piper | punct |
| 14 | piper | piper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 term | appos |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 piper | punct |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 employed | mark |
| 17 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 definition | acl |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 Wolf | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Wolf | det |
| 20 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 employed | obl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 part | case |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 part | det |
| 23 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 employed | obl |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 definition | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | of the appropriate definition; of the term | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | employ | participle | the appropriate definition not said here | this part | by the Wolf | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: 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
A fiddler
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fiddler | det |
| 2 | fiddler | fiddler | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A butcher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 butcher | det |
| 2 | butcher | butcher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A person who sells meat at the market
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 sells | nsubj |
| 4 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 person | acl:relcl |
| 5 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sells | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 market | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 market | det |
| 8 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sells | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | a person | meat | the market | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent meat=Theme at market=Asset |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A player of a simple wind instrument
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 player | det |
| 2 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 instrument | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 instrument | det |
| 5 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 instrument | amod |
| 6 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 instrument | compound |
| 7 | instrument | instrument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 player | nmod |
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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