Exam question 4 · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the…

Which of the following best identifies the form of the closing material in this part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, form · To what, where: form, closing material

This is exam question 4 of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» 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	6 identifies	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 identifies	nmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 form	det
8	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 material	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 material	det
11	closing	closing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 material	compound
12	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 form	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 part	case
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 part	det
15	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 material	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the form of the closing material in this part	of the best	tree rules
3	form		the closing material in this part		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 right answer

A series of proverbs followed by a camp-meeting song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 series	det
2	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 proverbs	case
4	proverbs	proverb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 series	nmod
5	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 proverbs	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	11 song	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 song	det
8	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meeting	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 camp	punct
10	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 song	compound
11	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		proverbs not said here				by a meeting song	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by song=Location

Option 2

A string of riddles ending in a lullaby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 string	det
2	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 riddles	case
4	riddles	riddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 string	nmod
5	ending	end	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 riddles	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 lullaby	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lullaby	det
8	lullaby	lullaby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	gerund	riddles not said here			a lullaby			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

A chain of warnings closing with a hymn for the faithful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chain	det
2	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 warnings	case
4	warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chain	nmod
5	closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 warnings	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 hymn	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hymn	det
8	hymn	hymn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 closing	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 faithful	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 faithful	det
11	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 closing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	gerund	warnings not said here					with a hymn; for the faithful	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with hymn=Theme

Option 4

A long string of proverbs about animals followed by a camp-meeting song and a sermon

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	3 string	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 string	amod
3	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 proverbs	case
5	proverbs	proverb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 string	nmod
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 animals	case
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 proverbs	nmod
8	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 animals	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	14 song	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 song	det
11	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 meeting	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 camp	punct
13	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 song	compound
14	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 followed	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sermon	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 sermon	det
17	sermon	sermon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 string	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		animals not said here				by a meeting song	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by song=Location

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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