Exam question 1 · Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the…
Which of the following accurately identifies the location of the dragon's strength as described in the passage?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, describe · To what, where: location, strength, passage
This is exam question 1 of lesson 673 «Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the youngest prince refuses the hare and the old woman hunts the dragon's secret» 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 | 4 following | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 following | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 identifies | advmod |
| 6 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 following | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 location | det |
| 8 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 strength | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dragon | det |
| 11 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 strength | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 dragon | case |
| 13 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 location | nmod |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 described | mark |
| 15 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 strength | acl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 passage | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 passage | det |
| 18 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 described | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | identify | present | the location of the dragon's strength | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme | ||||
| 3 | describe | participle | the dragon's strength not said here | the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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
It is located inside a sparrow in a distant kingdom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 located | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 located | aux:pass |
| 3 | located | locate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 6 sparrow | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sparrow | det |
| 6 | sparrow | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 located | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 kingdom | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 kingdom | det |
| 9 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 kingdom | amod |
| 10 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 located | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | locate | present · passive | It | a sparrow | in a distant kingdom | tree rules |
Option 2
It is hidden inside a sparrow, which is kept in a distant kingdom across the river and sea
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hidden | aux:pass |
| 3 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 6 sparrow | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sparrow | det |
| 6 | sparrow | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hidden | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 kept | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 kept | aux:pass |
| 10 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 sparrow | acl:relcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 kingdom | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 kingdom | det |
| 13 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 kingdom | amod |
| 14 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 kept | obl |
| 15 | across | across | ADP | _ | 17 river | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 river | det |
| 17 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 kept | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 sea | cc |
| 19 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 river | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · passive | It | a sparrow | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient inside sparrow=Location | ||||
| 2 | keep | present · passive | a sparrow | a distant kingdom | across the river and sea | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in kingdom=Location |
Option 3
It is located inside a tiny sparrow that lives in a distant kingdom beyond the mountains
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 located | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 located | aux:pass |
| 3 | located | locate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 7 sparrow | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sparrow | det |
| 6 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sparrow | amod |
| 7 | sparrow | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 located | obl |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 lives | nsubj |
| 9 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sparrow | acl:relcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 kingdom | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 kingdom | det |
| 12 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 kingdom | amod |
| 13 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lives | obl |
| 14 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 16 mountains | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 mountains | det |
| 16 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | locate | present · passive | It | a tiny sparrow | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | a tiny sparrow | a distant kingdom | beyond the mountains | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kingdom=Location |
Option 4
It is hidden within a hawk in a faraway forest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hidden | aux:pass |
| 3 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | within | within | ADP | _ | 6 hawk | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hawk | det |
| 6 | hawk | hawk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hidden | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 forest | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 forest | det |
| 9 | faraway | faraway | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 forest | amod |
| 10 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · passive | It | a faraway forest | within a hawk | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in forest=Location |
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