Exam question 1 · Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bri…
Which statement correctly describes the manner in which the fox persuades the king that Count Piro is wealthy?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, fox, king · What happens: describe, persuade, be · To what, where: manner, king
This is exam question 1 of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» 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 statement | det |
| 2 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 describes | nsubj |
| 3 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 4 describes | advmod |
| 4 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 manner | det |
| 6 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 describes | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 which | case |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 persuades | obl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fox | det |
| 10 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 persuades | nsubj |
| 11 | persuades | persuade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 manner | acl:relcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 persuades | obj |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 wealthy | nsubj |
| 15 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 wealthy | nsubj |
| 16 | Piro | Piro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Count | flat |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 wealthy | cop |
| 18 | wealthy | wealthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 king | acl:relcl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | which statement | the manner | correctly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | |||
| 2 | persuade | present | the fox | the king | the manner | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | |||
| 3 | is | present | the king | wealthy property | tree rules |
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
By giving gifts of pears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 giving | mark |
| 2 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 giving | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 pears | case |
| 5 | pears | pear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gifts | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | gifts of pears | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | |||||
| 2 | gift | pears | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Through false claims that the herds are the Count's wealth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 3 claims | case |
| 2 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 claims | amod |
| 3 | claims | claim | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 wealth | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 herds | det |
| 6 | herds | herd | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 wealth | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 wealth | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Count | det |
| 9 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 wealth | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Count | case |
| 11 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 claims | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the herds | the Count's wealth | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
By giving false answers that the animals belong to Count Piro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 giving | mark |
| 2 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 belong | advcl |
| 3 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 answers | amod |
| 4 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 giving | obj |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 belong | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 animals | det |
| 7 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 belong | nsubj |
| 8 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 Count | mark |
| 10 | Count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 belong | advcl |
| 11 | Piro | Piro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Count | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | the animals not said here | false answers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | ||||
| 2 | belong | present | the animals | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | count | to-infinitive | the animals not said here | Piro | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piro=Theme |
Option 4
By offering the king gifts of fruit from the orchard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 offering | mark |
| 2 | offering | offer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gifts | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gifts | compound |
| 5 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 offering | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 fruit | case |
| 7 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gifts | nmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 orchard | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 orchard | det |
| 10 | orchard | orchard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 offering | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | gerund | the king gifts of fruit | the orchard | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | ||||
| 2 | gift | fruit | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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