Exam question 4 · Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's ey…
Which vehicle did the third brother employ in his journey to distant lands?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vehicle, his · What happens: do, journey · To what, where: third brother employ, journey
This is exam question 4 of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 vehicle | det |
| 2 | vehicle | vehicle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 employ | det |
| 5 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 employ | amod |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 employ | compound |
| 7 | employ | employ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 journey | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 journey | nmod:poss |
| 10 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 lands | case |
| 12 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 lands | amod |
| 13 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 did | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which vehicle | the third brother employ | his journey | to distant lands | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality | ||
| 2 | journey | his = he | 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 · ← Mova's choice
An ostrich first, then a wild swan, the strongest of its kind, over many lands
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ostrich | det |
| 2 | ostrich | ostrich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 strongest | nsubj |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 ostrich | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 swan | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 swan | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 swan | det |
| 7 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 swan | amod |
| 8 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ostrich | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 strongest | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 strongest | det |
| 11 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 kind | case |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 kind | nmod:poss |
| 14 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 strongest | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 lands | punct |
| 16 | over | over | ADP | _ | 18 lands | case |
| 17 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 lands | amod |
| 18 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 strongest | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A strong wild swan from the north
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 swan | det |
| 2 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 swan | amod |
| 3 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 swan | amod |
| 4 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 north | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 north | det |
| 7 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swan | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A wild swan, the strongest of its kind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 swan | det |
| 2 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 swan | amod |
| 3 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 strongest | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 strongest | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 strongest | det |
| 6 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 kind | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 kind | nmod:poss |
| 9 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 strongest | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A wild swan, the strongest of its kind, which carried him over the sea to distant lands
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 swan | det |
| 2 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 swan | amod |
| 3 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 carried | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 strongest | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 strongest | det |
| 6 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 swan | acl:relcl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 kind | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 kind | nmod:poss |
| 9 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 strongest | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 carried | punct |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 carried | nsubj |
| 12 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 carried | obj |
| 14 | over | over | ADP | _ | 16 sea | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sea | det |
| 16 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 carried | obl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 lands | case |
| 18 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 lands | amod |
| 19 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | a wild swan | him = he | the sea | to distant lands | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to land=Destination |
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