Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds o…
In the omnibus of death, what provision may the travellers carry?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: travellers · What happens: provision, carry · To what, where: omnibus
This is exam question 1 of lesson 931 «Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds of the dead and the aunt who lived for the theatre» 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 omnibus | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 omnibus | det |
| 3 | omnibus | omnibus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 carry | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 death | case |
| 5 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 omnibus | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 provision | punct |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 provision | nsubj |
| 8 | provision | provision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 carry | obl |
| 9 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 carry | aux |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 travellers | det |
| 11 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 carry | nsubj |
| 12 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 carry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | provision | tree rules | |||||||
| 2 | carry | may | the travellers | the omnibus of death | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in omnibus=Location |
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 service-book and a loan from the local bank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 book | det |
| 2 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 service | punct |
| 4 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 loan | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 loan | det |
| 7 | loan | loan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | conj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 bank | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bank | det |
| 10 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 bank | amod |
| 11 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loan | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The service-book, a gift from the savings bank, and a warm cloak for the road
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 | 4 book | det |
| 2 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 service | punct |
| 4 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 gift | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 gift | det |
| 7 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | appos |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 bank | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bank | det |
| 10 | savings | savings | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 11 bank | compound |
| 11 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gift | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 cloak | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 cloak | cc |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 cloak | det |
| 15 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 cloak | amod |
| 16 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | conj |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 road | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 road | det |
| 19 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cloak | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The service-book and a gift from the savings bank for the journey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 book | det |
| 2 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 service | punct |
| 4 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 gift | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 gift | det |
| 7 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | conj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 bank | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bank | det |
| 10 | savings | savings | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 11 bank | compound |
| 11 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gift | nmod |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 journey | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 journey | det |
| 14 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The service-book and a gift from the savings bank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 book | det |
| 2 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 service | punct |
| 4 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 gift | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 gift | det |
| 7 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | conj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 bank | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bank | det |
| 10 | savings | savings | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 11 bank | compound |
| 11 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | nmod |
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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