Exam question 3 · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Sh…
Which unit does the breech-piece mule serve, according to his own declaration?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: unit · What happens: do, accord, declare · To what, where: piece mule serve
This is exam question 3 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 unit | det |
| 2 | unit | unit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 serve | det |
| 5 | breech | breech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 piece | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 breech | punct |
| 7 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 serve | compound |
| 8 | mule | mule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 serve | compound |
| 9 | serve | serve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 declaration | punct |
| 11 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 declaration | case |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 according | fixed |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 declaration | nmod:poss |
| 14 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 declaration | amod |
| 15 | declaration | declaration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 serve | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | which unit | the piece mule serve and unit's own declaration | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serve=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | declare | unit | nom declaration «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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
number two gun of the First Screw Battery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gun | compound |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 number | nummod |
| 3 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Battery | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Battery | det |
| 6 | First | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 Battery | amod |
| 7 | Screw | Screw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Battery | compound |
| 8 | Battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gun | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
the number two gun in the First Screw Battery, serving at the front of the column
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 | 4 gun | det |
| 2 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gun | compound |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 number | nummod |
| 4 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Battery | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Battery | det |
| 7 | First | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 Battery | amod |
| 8 | Screw | Screw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Battery | compound |
| 9 | Battery | Battery | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 gun | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 serving | punct |
| 11 | serving | serve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 gun | conj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 front | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 front | det |
| 14 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 serving | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 column | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 column | det |
| 17 | column | column | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | gerund | the front of the column | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
number one gun of the Third Mountain Battery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gun | compound |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 gun | nummod |
| 3 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Battery | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Battery | det |
| 6 | Third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 Battery | amod |
| 7 | Mountain | Mountain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Battery | compound |
| 8 | Battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gun | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
number two gun of the First Screw Battery of the Royal Artillery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gun | compound |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 number | nummod |
| 3 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Battery | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Battery | det |
| 6 | First | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 Battery | amod |
| 7 | Screw | Screw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Battery | compound |
| 8 | Battery | Battery | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gun | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Artillery | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Artillery | det |
| 11 | Royal | Royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Artillery | amod |
| 12 | Artillery | Artillery | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Battery | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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