Exam question 1 · Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Clever Youth, part 12: the yout…

Which three objects were despatched by the Sultan to the king with his first communication, and what was the nature of the problem posed?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sultan, king · What happens: despatch, be, pose, communicate · To what, where: three objects, nature, problem

This is exam question 1 of lesson 672 «Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Clever Youth, part 12: the youth solves three riddles and outwits the Sultan's witch» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 despatched	obj
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 objects	nummod
3	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 despatched	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 despatched	aux:pass
5	despatched	despatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Sultan	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sultan	det
8	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 despatched	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 king	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 despatched	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 communication	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 communication	nmod:poss
14	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 communication	amod
15	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 king	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 nature	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 nature	cc
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 nature	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 nature	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 nature	det
21	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 despatched	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 problem	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 problem	det
24	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 nature	nmod
25	posed	pose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 problem	acl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 despatched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	despatch	past · passive	the Sultan	three objects	to the king with king's first communication	tree rules
2	is a	past		the nature	of the problem	tree rules
3	pose	participle		the problem not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	communicate		king			nom communication «communication intransitive»: 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

three foals, to determine their birth times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 foals	nummod
2	foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 determine	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 determine	mark
5	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 foals	appos
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 times	nmod:poss
7	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 times	compound
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 determine	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	to-infinitive					time		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

three troughs, to determine which foal was born at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 troughs	nummod
2	troughs	trough	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 born	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 determine	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 determine	mark
5	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 troughs	appos
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 foal	det
7	foal	foal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 determine	obj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 born	aux:pass
9	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 born	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	to-infinitive		which foal					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Topic
2	bear	past · passive		three troughs			night		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

three canes, to determine which grew nearest the root, which in the middle, which at the top

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 canes	nummod
2	canes	cane	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 determine	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 determine	mark
5	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 canes	appos
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 grew	nsubj
7	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 determine	ccomp
8	nearest	nearest	ADP	_	10 root	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 root	det
10	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grew	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 middle	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 middle	nsubj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 middle	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 middle	det
15	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 root	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 top	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 top	nsubj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 top	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 top	det
20	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	to-infinitive							vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	grow	past						nearest the root and the middle at the top	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

three ropes, to determine the length of each cane

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 ropes	nummod
2	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 determine	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 determine	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 determine	mark
5	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 length	det
7	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 determine	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cane	case
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 cane	det
10	cane	cane	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 length	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	to-infinitive	three ropes	the length of each cane					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent length=Topic

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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