Exam question 1 · Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George…

Which object was presented to George by the General's household upon his confirmation?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: household, George · What happens: present, confirm · To what, where: object, George

This is exam question 1 of lesson 944 «Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George is confirmed, gets a hymn-book from Emily, and sends her pictures while she is ill» 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 presented	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 presented	aux:pass
4	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 George	case
6	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 presented	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 household	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 General	det
9	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 household	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 General	case
11	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 presented	obl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 confirmation	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 confirmation	nmod:poss
14	confirmation	confirmation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 household	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 presented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	past · passive	the General's household upon George's confirmation	which object	George				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to george=Recipient
2	confirm		George						nom confirmation «cognition 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

a hymn-book bound in red morocco with gilt edges

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 book	det
2	hymn	hymn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 book	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 hymn	punct
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 book	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 morocco	case
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 morocco	amod
8	morocco	morocco	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bound	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 edges	case
10	gilt	gilt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 edges	amod
11	edges	edge	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	participle		a hymn book not said here		red morocco		with gilt edges	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with edge=Co-Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a hymn-book bound in morocco

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 book	det
2	hymn	hymn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 book	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 hymn	punct
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 book	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 morocco	case
7	morocco	morocco	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	participle		a hymn book not said here		morocco			vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

a large Bible bound in morocco with silver clasps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bound	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bound	amod
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bound	compound
4	bound	bound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 morocco	case
6	morocco	morocco	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bound	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 clasps	case
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clasps	compound
9	clasps	clasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bound	nmod

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

Option 4

a prayer-book bound in calf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 book	det
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 book	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 prayer	punct
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 book	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 calf	case
7	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	participle		a prayer book not said here				in calf	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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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