Exam question 1 · Devil Tales, The Unwashed Soldier: a hunter's dog, a curse…

Which of the following options correctly identifies the sum of the events concerning the hunter's dog?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: events · What happens: follow, identify, concern, sum · To what, where: sum, dog, events

This is exam question 1 of lesson 488 «Devil Tales, The Unwashed Soldier: a hunter's dog, a cursed son, and a soldier who never washes end in devils outwitted by devils.» 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	7 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 options	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 options	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 options	amod
5	options	option	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 identifies	advmod
7	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sum	det
9	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identifies	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 events	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 events	det
12	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sum	nmod
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 events	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hunter	det
15	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dog	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 hunter	case
17	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the sum of the events	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sum=Theme
3	concern	gerund	the events not said here	the hunter's dog		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer
4	sum			the events		nom sum «possession 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 right answer

A well-dressed stranger purchased the dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stranger	det
2	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 dressed	advmod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 well	punct
4	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 stranger	amod
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 purchased	nsubj
6	purchased	purchase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 purchased	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 purchased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	participle						well property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	purchase	past	a dressed stranger	the dog					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Theme

Option 2

An old beggar purchased the dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 beggar	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 beggar	amod
3	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purchased	nsubj
4	purchased	purchase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purchased	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 purchased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	past	a old beggar	the dog					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Theme

Option 3

A tired soldier purchased the dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 soldier	det
2	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 soldier	amod
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purchased	nsubj
4	purchased	purchase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purchased	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 purchased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	past	a tired soldier	the dog					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Theme

Option 4

A passing merchant purchased the dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 merchant	det
2	passing	passing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 merchant	amod
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purchased	nsubj
4	purchased	purchase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purchased	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 purchased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	past	a passing merchant	the dog					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Theme

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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