Exam question 2 · Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the mask…

To what garment did the General's lady refer when describing the mill-stone ruff worn in the Dutch painting?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: garment, lady · What happens: do, refer, describe, wear · To what, where: stone ruff, Dutch painting

This is exam question 2 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 refer	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 General	det
6	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 lady	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 General	case
8	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 refer	nsubj
9	refer	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 describing	advmod
11	describing	describe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 refer	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ruff	det
13	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stone	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 mill	punct
15	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ruff	compound
16	ruff	ruff	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 describing	obj
17	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 ruff	acl
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 painting	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 painting	det
20	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 painting	amod
21	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 worn	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 refer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	garment			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	refer	present	the General's lady			vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme
3	describe	gerund	the General's lady not said here	the stone ruff		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent ruff=Theme
4	wear	participle		the stone ruff not said here	the Dutch painting	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=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 wide velvet hat with feathers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hat	det
2	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hat	amod
3	velvet	velvet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hat	compound
4	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 feathers	case
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hat	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A tall white ruff of lace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ruff	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ruff	amod
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ruff	amod
4	ruff	ruff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 lace	case
6	lace	lace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ruff	nmod

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

Option 3

A high black velvet collar standing up stiffly behind the neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 collar	det
2	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 collar	amod
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 collar	amod
4	velvet	velvet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 collar	compound
5	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 collar	acl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 standing	compound:prt
8	stiffly	stiffly	ADV	_	6 standing	advmod
9	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 neck	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 neck	det
11	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	gerund	a high black velvet collar not said here			the neck		stiffly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind neck=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A high black velvet collar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 collar	det
2	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 collar	amod
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 collar	amod
4	velvet	velvet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 collar	compound
5	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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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