Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon sh…

Nah, which bit is about the Koran?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bit · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 Koran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Koran	punct
3	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Koran	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Koran	cop
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 Koran	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Koran	det
8	Koran	Koran	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 Koran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which bit					about the Koran	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

The passage where the caravan kneels to pray before the rising sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 passage	det
2	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kneels	nsubj
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 kneels	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 caravan	det
5	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kneels	nsubj
6	kneels	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 pray	mark
8	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 kneels	xcomp
9	before	before	ADP	_	12 sun	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sun	det
11	rising	rising	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sun	compound
12	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pray	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kneel	present	the passage						tree rules
2	pray	to-infinitive	the passage not said here				before the rising sun		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

The prayer of the eldest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prayer	det
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eldest	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eldest	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eldest	det
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The square drawn in the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 square	det
2	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 square	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sand	det
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		the square not said here		the sand			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in sand=Destination

Option 4

The eldest's prayer facing the holy city after the square was drawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prayer	det
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 prayer	amod
3	's	's	PART	_	2 eldest	case
4	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drawn	nsubj:pass
5	facing	face	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 prayer	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 city	det
7	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 city	amod
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 facing	obj
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 square	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 square	det
11	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 facing	obl
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 drawn	aux:pass
13	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	gerund	the eldest prayer not said here	the holy city			after the square		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme city=Destination
2	draw	past · passive		the eldest prayer					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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