Exam question 1 · Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the mask…

Which person, having been identified by the General as the author of the saddle, was subsequently revealed to be the Professor George?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: George · What happens: identify, reveal, be · To what, where: person, George

This is exam question 1 of lesson 947 «Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the masked ball, and George's dinner invitation» 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 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 revealed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 identified	punct
4	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 identified	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 identified	aux:pass
6	identified	identify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 person	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 General	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 General	det
9	General	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 identified	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 author	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 author	det
12	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identified	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 saddle	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 saddle	det
15	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 author	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 revealed	aux:pass
18	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	19 revealed	advmod
19	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
20	to	to	PART	_	24 George	mark
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 George	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 George	det
23	Professor	Professor	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 George	nmod:desc
24	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 revealed	obl:agent
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 revealed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	gerund · perfect · passive		which person not said here	by the General; as the author of the saddle	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: as author=Attribute
2	reveal	past · passive	the George	which person	subsequently property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
3	is a	to-infinitive		the George	Professor nmod:desc	tree rules

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 right answer

The black domino wearing an acacia blossom in his cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 domino	det
2	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 domino	amod
3	domino	domino	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 domino	acl
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 blossom	det
6	acacia	acacia	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blossom	compound
7	blossom	blossom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wearing	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 cap	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 cap	nmod:poss
10	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	gerund	the black domino not said here	a acacia blossom		his cap			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent blossom=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Professor George

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 George	det
2	Professor	Professor	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 George	nmod:desc
3	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

The masked man with the blossom on his hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	masked	mask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 blossom	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 blossom	det
6	blossom	blossom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 man	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 hat	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hat	nmod:poss
9	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mask	participle							vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The stranger in black with a flower on his cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 black	case
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stranger	nmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 flower	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 flower	det
7	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stranger	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 cap	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 cap	nmod:poss
10	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stranger	nmod

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

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