Exam question 1 · Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three frien…
Which custom does Aphtanides propose the two young men should perform in the church?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: custom, two young men · What happens: propose, perform · To what, where: church
This is exam question 1 of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» 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 custom | det |
| 2 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 propose | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 propose | aux |
| 4 | Aphtanides | aphtanide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 propose | nsubj |
| 5 | propose | propose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 men | det |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 men | nummod |
| 8 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 men | amod |
| 9 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 perform | nsubj |
| 10 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 perform | aux |
| 11 | perform | perform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 propose | ccomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 church | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 church | det |
| 14 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 perform | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 propose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | propose | present · do-support | which custom | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | perform | should | the two young men | the church | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: 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
The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bond | det |
| 2 | bond | bond | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 friendship | case |
| 4 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bond | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sworn | punct |
| 6 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 bond | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 presence | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 presence | det |
| 9 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sworn | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Anastasia | case |
| 11 | Anastasia | Anastasia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 presence | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | participle | the bond of friendship not said here | the presence of Anastasia | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | bond | friendship | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia and the village priest at dawn
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bond | det |
| 2 | bond | bond | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 friendship | case |
| 4 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bond | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sworn | punct |
| 6 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 bond | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 presence | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 presence | det |
| 9 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sworn | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Anastasia | case |
| 11 | Anastasia | Anastasia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 presence | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 priest | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 priest | det |
| 14 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 priest | compound |
| 15 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 presence | conj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 dawn | case |
| 17 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 priest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | participle | the bond of friendship not said here | the presence of Anastasia and the village priest at dawn | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | bond | friendship | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia, with a gift of the family's silver
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bond | det |
| 2 | bond | bond | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 friendship | case |
| 4 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bond | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sworn | punct |
| 6 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 bond | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 presence | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 presence | det |
| 9 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sworn | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Anastasia | case |
| 11 | Anastasia | Anastasia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 presence | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 gift | punct |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 gift | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 gift | det |
| 15 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bond | conj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 silver | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 family | det |
| 18 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 silver | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 family | case |
| 20 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 gift | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | participle | the bond of friendship and a gift of the family's silver not said here | the presence of Anastasia | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | bond | friendship | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | gift | the family's silver | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
A pilgrimage to the springs with the family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 pilgrimage | det |
| 2 | pilgrimage | pilgrimage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 springs | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 springs | det |
| 5 | springs | spring | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pilgrimage | nmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 family | det |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 springs | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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