Exam question 2 · Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray…

Which statement accurately describes the coins found in the girl's hair?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: describe, find · To what, where: coins, hair

This is exam question 2 of lesson 830 «Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray girl becomes a sister, then the father dies» 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	accurately	accurately	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 coins	det
6	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 describes	obj
7	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 coins	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 hair	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hair	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 girl	case
12	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the coins				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent coin=Theme
2	find	participle		the coins not said here		the girl's hair			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

Three silver coins, later reduced to two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 coins	nummod
2	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coins	compound
3	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reduced	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 coins	punct
5	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 reduced	advmod
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 two	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 reduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	participle · passive		Three silver coins				to two goal; late property	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to two=Goal

Option 2

Three silver coins, all of which were given to the Albanians

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 coins	nummod
2	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coins	compound
3	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 given	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 coins	punct
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 given	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 all	nmod
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 given	aux:pass
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 Albanians	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Albanians	det
12	Albanians	Albanian	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		Three silver coins	the Albanians				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to albanian=Recipient

Option 3

Four silver coins, later reduced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 coins	nummod
2	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coins	compound
3	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 coins	punct
5	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 reduced	advmod
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 coins	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	participle		Four silver coins not said here				late property	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A silver ring and two coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ring	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ring	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 coins	cc
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 coins	nummod
6	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ring	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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