Exam question 4 · Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon fli…
By what term did the narrator describe the King's judgement once he sat upon his throne?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: term, you · What happens: do, describe, sit · To what, where: narrator, judgement, throne
This is exam question 4 of lesson 634 «Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 describe | obl |
| 3 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 narrator | det |
| 6 | narrator | narrator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 judgement | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 King | case |
| 11 | judgement | judgement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 describe | obj |
| 12 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 14 sat | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 sat | nsubj |
| 14 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 describe | advcl |
| 15 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 throne | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 throne | nmod:poss |
| 17 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sat | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | term | the narrator | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrator=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | describe | imperative | you not said here | the King's judgement | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent judgement=Theme | ||||
| 3 | sit | past | term | term's throne | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon throne=Location |
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
Infallible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Infallible | infallible | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Wise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wise | wise | ADV | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Just
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Unquestionably correct and never ever mistaken in any judgement
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unquestionably | unquestionably | ADV | _ | 2 correct | advmod |
| 2 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 mistaken | cc |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 mistaken | advmod |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 mistaken | advmod |
| 6 | mistaken | mistaken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 correct | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 judgement | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 judgement | det |
| 9 | judgement | judgement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mistaken | obl |
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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