Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes…
In which county did Uncle Remus obtain the jug, and whose youth is connected with that acquisition?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Uncle · What happens: do, obtain, connect · To what, where: county, jug, youth
This is exam question 2 of lesson 597 «Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes the newspaper men tease Uncle Remus» 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 county | case |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 county | det |
| 3 | county | county | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Uncle | Uncle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 obtain | nsubj |
| 6 | Remus | Remus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Uncle | flat |
| 7 | obtain | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 jug | det |
| 9 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtain | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 connected | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 connected | cc |
| 12 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 13 youth | nmod:poss |
| 13 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 connected | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 connected | aux:pass |
| 15 | connected | connect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 did | conj |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 acquisition | case |
| 17 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 acquisition | det |
| 18 | acquisition | acquisition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 connected | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which county | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | obtain | present | Uncle | the jug | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Theme | ||||
| 3 | connect | present · passive | youth | with that acquisition | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with acquisition=Co-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
Putnam County, Georgia; Mars 'Lisha Ferryman, whose youth ran alongside the old jug
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Putnam | Putnam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | County | County | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Putnam | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Georgia | punct |
| 4 | Georgia | Georgia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Putnam | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 Lisha | punct |
| 6 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Lisha | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 6 Mars | case |
| 8 | Lisha | Lisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 ran | nsubj |
| 9 | Ferryman | Ferryman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Lisha | flat |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 youth | punct |
| 11 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 12 youth | nmod:poss |
| 12 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Lisha | appos |
| 13 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | alongside | alongside | ADP | _ | 17 jug | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 jug | det |
| 16 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 jug | amod |
| 17 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | Putnam Georgia | the old jug | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme alongside jug=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Putnam County; Mars 'Lisha Ferryman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Putnam | Putnam | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | County | County | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Putnam | flat |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ferryman | punct |
| 4 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Ferryman | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 4 Mars | case |
| 6 | Lisha | Lisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Ferryman | compound |
| 7 | Ferryman | Ferryman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Putnam | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Hancock County; Brer Ab Ferryman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hancock | Hancock | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | County | County | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Hancock | flat |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 Ferryman | punct |
| 4 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Ferryman | compound |
| 5 | Ab | Ab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Brer | flat |
| 6 | Ferryman | Ferryman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Hancock | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Morgan County; Mars 'Lisha Ferrell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan | Morgan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 County | compound |
| 2 | County | County | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 Lisha | punct |
| 4 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Lisha | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 4 Mars | case |
| 6 | Lisha | Lisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 County | appos |
| 7 | Ferrell | Ferrell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Lisha | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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