Exam question 1 · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Sh…
Which deity is described in the opening verse as the Preserver who provides for all living creatures?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Preserver · What happens: describe, provide, live · To what, where: deity, opening verse
This is exam question 1 of lesson 629 «Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Shiva, then a wrecked tent and a noisy night among the army animals» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 deity | det |
| 2 | deity | deity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 described | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 described | aux:pass |
| 4 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 verse | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 verse | det |
| 7 | opening | opening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 verse | amod |
| 8 | verse | verse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 described | obl |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 Preserver | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Preserver | det |
| 11 | Preserver | preserver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 verse | nmod |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 provides | nsubj |
| 13 | provides | provide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 Preserver | acl:relcl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 creatures | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 creatures | det |
| 16 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 creatures | amod |
| 17 | creatures | creature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 provides | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 described | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present · passive | which deity | the opening verse as the Preserver | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | provide | present | the Preserver | for all living creatures | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for creature=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | live | gerund | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Brahma, the Creator of all that lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brahma | brahma | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Creator | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Creator | det |
| 4 | Creator | creator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Brahma | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 Creator | appos |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 lives | nsubj |
| 8 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Brahma | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Brahma | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Shiva, the Destroyer and Preserver of all that lives and dies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiva | shiva | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Destroyer | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Destroyer | det |
| 4 | Destroyer | destroyer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shiva | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Preserver | cc |
| 6 | Preserver | preserver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shiva | conj |
| 7 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 10 lives | mark |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 lives | det:predet |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 lives | nsubj |
| 10 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Preserver | acl:relcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 dies | cc |
| 12 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 lives | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Preserver | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | die | present | Preserver not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Shiva, the Preserver of all that lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiva | shiva | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Preserver | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Preserver | det |
| 4 | Preserver | preserver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shiva | conj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 Preserver | appos |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 lives | nsubj |
| 8 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shiva | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Shiva and the Preserver | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Shiva, the Preserver of the world
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiva | shiva | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Preserver | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Preserver | det |
| 4 | Preserver | preserver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shiva | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 world | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 world | det |
| 7 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Preserver | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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