Exam question 3 · The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is…
Identify the item which the late sovereign had tinned, and state the purpose assigned to the sale of his jewels.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, tin, assign · To what, where: item, late sovereign, state purpose, sale
This is exam question 3 of lesson 633 «The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is fetched from the nursery and made King» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 item | det |
| 3 | item | item | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 tinned | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sovereign | det |
| 6 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sovereign | amod |
| 7 | sovereign | sovereign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tinned | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 tinned | aux |
| 9 | tinned | tin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 item | acl:relcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 purpose | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 purpose | cc |
| 12 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 purpose | compound |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 purpose | det |
| 14 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obl |
| 15 | assigned | assign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 purpose | acl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 sale | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 sale | det |
| 18 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 assigned | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 jewels | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 jewels | nmod:poss |
| 21 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 sale | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the item | the state purpose obl | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent item=Theme | |||
| 2 | tin | past · perfect · passive | the late sovereign | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | assign | participle | the state purpose not said here | to the sale of his jewels goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to sale=Goal |
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 jewels, to buy food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 jewels | det |
| 2 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 buy | punct |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 buy | mark |
| 5 | buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 jewels | appos |
| 6 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | to-infinitive | food | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
Option 2
The coach, sold to fund a new palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coach | det |
| 2 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sold | punct |
| 4 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 coach | acl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 fund | mark |
| 6 | fund | fund | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sold | xcomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 palace | det |
| 8 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 palace | amod |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fund | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | participle | the coach not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fund | to-infinitive | a new palace | tree rules |
Option 3
The crown, tinned over to hide its gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crown | det |
| 2 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tinned | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 crown | punct |
| 4 | tinned | tin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 4 tinned | compound:prt |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 hide | mark |
| 7 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tinned | advcl |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 gold | nmod:poss |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hide | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tin over | participle | the crown | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | hide | to-infinitive | the crown not said here | crown's gold | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The crown, sold jewels to purchase books
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crown | det |
| 2 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 jewels | punct |
| 4 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 jewels | amod |
| 5 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 crown | appos |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 purchase | mark |
| 7 | purchase | purchase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 jewels | acl |
| 8 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 purchase | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | participle | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | purchase | to-infinitive | books | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset book=Theme |
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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