Exam question 3 · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so…

It is given that Tegumai required a sign for the thin oo-sound. Select the response most consistent with his solution.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tegumai, you · What happens: give, require, select · To what, where: It, sign, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 88 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so, sho, shi, and shu-ya, the sky-water» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that Tegumai required a sign for the thin oo-sound.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 required	mark
5	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 required	nsubj
6	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sign	det
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 required	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	14 sound	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sound	det
11	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sound	amod
12	oo	oo	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sound	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 oo	punct
14	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	require	past	Tegumai	a sign				for the thin oo sound	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sign=Precondition

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response most consistent with his solution.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 solution	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 solution	nmod:poss
8	solution	solution	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme

The options

Option 1

A round egg with a small aperture at one end, and a carp-tail beside it to show that it is sound oo

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 egg	det
2	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 egg	amod
3	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 aperture	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 aperture	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 aperture	amod
7	aperture	aperture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 egg	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 end	nummod
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 aperture	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tail	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 tail	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tail	det
14	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tail	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 carp	punct
16	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 egg	conj
17	beside	beside	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 tail	nmod
19	to	to	PART	_	20 show	mark
20	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 egg	acl
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 oo	mark
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 oo	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 oo	cop
24	sound	sound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 oo	amod
25	oo	oo	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 show	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	tail	sound oo					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A round egg with a small aperture at one end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 egg	det
2	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 egg	amod
3	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 aperture	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 aperture	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 aperture	amod
7	aperture	aperture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 egg	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 end	nummod
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 egg	nmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A round egg with a small aperture at one end, drawn with a feeler so it is not confused with the plain egg

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 egg	det
2	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 egg	amod
3	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drawn	nsubj:pass
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 aperture	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 aperture	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 aperture	amod
7	aperture	aperture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 egg	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 end	nummod
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 egg	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 drawn	punct
12	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 feeler	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 feeler	det
15	feeler	feeler	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drawn	obl
16	so	so	SCONJ	_	20 confused	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 confused	nsubj:pass
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 confused	aux:pass
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 confused	advmod
20	confused	confuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 drawn	advcl
21	with	with	ADP	_	24 egg	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 egg	det
23	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 egg	amod
24	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 confused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle · passive		a round egg with a small aperture at one end				with a feeler	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not confuse	present · passive		egg				with the plain egg	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with egg=Co-Patient

Option 4

A plain round egg, exactly as before

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 egg	det
2	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 egg	amod
3	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 egg	amod
4	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 egg	punct
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	8 before	advmod
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 before	case
8	before	before	ADV	_	4 egg	advmod

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

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