Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Moon: the Moon watches a prisoner le…
What is the precise nature of the surface upon which the prisoner inscribed his final composition?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: precise nature, prisoner · What happens: be, inscribe · To what, where: final composition, surface
This is exam question 2 of lesson 909 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon: the Moon watches a prisoner leave his cell, then a little girl says her prayers» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 nature | det |
| 4 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 nature | amod |
| 5 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 surface | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 surface | det |
| 8 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nature | nmod |
| 9 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 inscribed | obl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 prisoner | det |
| 12 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 inscribed | nsubj |
| 13 | inscribed | inscribe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 surface | acl:relcl |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 composition | nmod:poss |
| 15 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 composition | amod |
| 16 | composition | composition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 inscribed | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the precise nature of the surface | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | inscribe | past | the prisoner | prisoner's final composition | the surface | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent composition=Theme upon which=Destination |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
the prison wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wall | det |
| 2 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wall | compound |
| 3 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
the rough plaster surface of the far wall beside the bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 surface | det |
| 2 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 surface | amod |
| 3 | plaster | plaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surface | compound |
| 4 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wall | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wall | det |
| 7 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wall | amod |
| 8 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surface | nmod |
| 9 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 11 bed | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bed | det |
| 11 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surface | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
a stone table
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 table | det |
| 2 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 table | compound |
| 3 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
the damp inside wall of the old stone tower near the gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 damp | det |
| 2 | damp | damp | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 4 wall | case |
| 4 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 damp | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 tower | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tower | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tower | amod |
| 8 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tower | compound |
| 9 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 damp | nmod |
| 10 | near | near | ADP | _ | 12 gate | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 gate | det |
| 12 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tower | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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