Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie, part 138: Hjalmar sai…
Whom did the bridal pair consult concerning their onward journey?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bridal pair, their · What happens: do, consult, concern, journey · To what, where: onward journey
This is exam question 4 of lesson 927 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie, part 138: Hjalmar sails with Ole, rescues a tired stork, and rides to a mouse wedding» 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 | Whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pair | det |
| 4 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pair | amod |
| 5 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 consult | nsubj |
| 6 | consult | consult | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 7 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 consult | xcomp |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 journey | nmod:poss |
| 9 | onward | onward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 journey | amod |
| 10 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 concerning | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | consult | present | the bridal pair | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the bridal pair not said here | their onward journey | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus journey=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | journey | their = they | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 sparrow and the tin soldier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sparrow | det |
| 2 | sparrow | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 soldier | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 soldier | det |
| 5 | tin | tin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 soldier | compound |
| 6 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sparrow | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
the swallow, the old hen and the turkey-cock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 swallow | det |
| 2 | swallow | swallow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hen | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hen | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hen | amod |
| 6 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swallow | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 cock | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cock | det |
| 9 | turkey | turkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cock | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 turkey | punct |
| 11 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swallow | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
the ducks, the turkey-cock and the old swallow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ducks | det |
| 2 | ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 cock | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cock | det |
| 5 | turkey | turkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cock | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 turkey | punct |
| 7 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ducks | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 swallow | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 swallow | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 swallow | amod |
| 11 | swallow | swallow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cock | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the swallow and the old hen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 swallow | det |
| 2 | swallow | swallow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hen | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hen | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hen | amod |
| 6 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swallow | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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