Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets…
Which of the following constitutes the attribute by which the peasant Crabb is first identified as a practitioner of medicine?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: attribute · What happens: follow, constitute, identify · To what, where: attribute, peasant
This is exam question 1 of lesson 778 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets out to free her seven brothers, who were turned into ravens» 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 constitutes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 constitutes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 constitutes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 constitutes | nsubj |
| 5 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 attribute | det |
| 7 | attribute | attribute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 constitutes | obj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 identified | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 peasant | det |
| 11 | peasant | peasant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 identified | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | Crabb | Crabb | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 peasant | appos |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 identified | aux:pass |
| 14 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 15 identified | advmod |
| 15 | identified | identify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 attribute | acl:relcl |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 practitioner | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 practitioner | det |
| 18 | practitioner | practitioner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 identified | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 medicine | case |
| 20 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 practitioner | nmod |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 constitutes | 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 | constitute | present | the attribute | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attribute=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | identify | present · passive | the attribute | the peasant | as a practitioner of medicine; first property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as practitioner=Attribute |
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
the board reading "Healer of the Village Here"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Healer | det |
| 2 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reading | compound |
| 3 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Healer | compound |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Healer | punct |
| 5 | Healer | healer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Here | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Village | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Village | det |
| 8 | Village | Village | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Healer | nmod |
| 9 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Here | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
the sign reading "I am Doctor Knowall"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sign | det |
| 2 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 sign | acl |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Knowall | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 Knowall | nsubj |
| 6 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Knowall | cop |
| 7 | Doctor | Doctor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Knowall | nmod:desc |
| 8 | Knowall | Knowall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 reading | obj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Knowall | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | gerund | the sign not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | I | Knowall | Doctor nmod:desc | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
the sign reading "I am Doctor Knowall" and a crab-shaped seal
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sign | det |
| 2 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 sign | acl |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Knowall | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 Knowall | nsubj |
| 6 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Knowall | cop |
| 7 | Doctor | Doctor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Knowall | nmod:desc |
| 8 | Knowall | Knowall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 reading | obj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Knowall | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 seal | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 seal | det |
| 12 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 shaped | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 crab | punct |
| 14 | shaped | shape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 seal | amod |
| 15 | seal | seal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sign | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | gerund | the sign and a shaped seal not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | I | Knowall | Doctor nmod:desc | tree rules | |||
| 3 | shape | participle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 4
the sign reading "I am Master Healer of the Town"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sign | det |
| 2 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 sign | acl |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Healer | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 Healer | nsubj |
| 6 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Healer | cop |
| 7 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Healer | compound |
| 8 | Healer | Healer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 reading | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Town | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Town | det |
| 11 | Town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Healer | nmod |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Healer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | gerund | the sign not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | I | Master Healer | of the Town | tree rules |
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