Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache…

To which location does the narrator refer when stating the extraction of the tooth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, refer, state, extract · To what, where: narrator, extraction, tooth

This is exam question 1 of lesson 595 «Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache, a talking box, and a stranger who mistakes him» 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	To	to	ADP	_	3 location	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	refer	refer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 does	xcomp
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 stating	advmod
9	stating	state	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 refer	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 extraction	det
11	extraction	extraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stating	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 tooth	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tooth	det
14	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 extraction	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	the narrator	to which location	tree rules
2	refer	infinitive			vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme
3	state speech: other	gerund	the extraction of the tooth		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent extraction=Topic
4	extract		the tooth		nom extraction «process 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

The dentist's office, where tongs were applied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dentist	det
2	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 office	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 dentist	case
4	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 applied	punct
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 applied	advmod
7	tongs	tong	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 applied	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 applied	aux:pass
9	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 office	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	past · passive		tongs					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The dentist's office in town, where a pair of tongs was applied to the tooth

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dentist	det
2	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 office	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 dentist	case
4	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 town	case
6	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 office	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 applied	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 applied	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pair	det
10	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 applied	nsubj:pass
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 tongs	case
12	tongs	tong	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pair	nmod
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 applied	aux:pass
14	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 office	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 tooth	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tooth	det
17	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 applied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	past · passive		a pair of tongs				to the tooth	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The drug store, where a clerk was waiting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 store	det
2	drug	drug	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 store	compound
3	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 waiting	punct
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 waiting	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 clerk	det
7	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 waiting	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 waiting	aux
9	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 store	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · progressive	a clerk						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The kitchen, where the wife was sitting by

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kitchen	det
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sitting	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 sitting	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wife	det
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sitting	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sitting	aux
8	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kitchen	acl:relcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	8 sitting	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit by	past · progressive	the wife						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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