Exam question 3 · Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the mask…
Which guest, by whose suggestion the General extended an invitation to dinner, was accorded this privilege after the unmasking?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: General, guest · What happens: extend, accord, unmask, suggest · To what, where: invitation, dinner, guest
This is exam question 3 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 guest | det |
| 2 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 accorded | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 suggestion | punct |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 suggestion | case |
| 5 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 6 suggestion | nmod:poss |
| 6 | suggestion | suggestion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 guest | appos |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 General | det |
| 8 | General | General | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 extended | nsubj |
| 9 | extended | extend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 suggestion | acl:relcl |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 invitation | det |
| 11 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 extended | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 dinner | case |
| 13 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 invitation | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 guest | punct |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 accorded | aux:pass |
| 16 | accorded | accord | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 privilege | det |
| 18 | privilege | privilege | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 accorded | obj |
| 19 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 21 unmasking | mark |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 unmasking | det |
| 21 | unmasking | unmask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 accorded | advcl |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 accorded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | extend | past | the General | a invitation | dinner | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme to dinner=Recipient | |||
| 2 | accord | past · passive | which guest | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal privilege=Theme | |||||
| 3 | unmask | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | suggest | which guest | nom suggestion «cognition intransitive»: 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
The Professor George, who was invited again to dine, along with his old friend the Count
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 | 3 George | det |
| 2 | Professor | Professor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 George | nmod:desc |
| 3 | George | George | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 invited | punct |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 invited | aux:pass |
| 7 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 George | acl:relcl |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 invited | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 dine | mark |
| 10 | dine | dine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 invited | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 friend | punct |
| 12 | along | along | ADP | _ | 16 friend | case |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 friend | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 friend | nmod:poss |
| 15 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 friend | amod |
| 16 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 George | appos |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Count | det |
| 18 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 friend | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | past · passive | the George Professor | again | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | dine | to-infinitive | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Professor George, who was invited again
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 |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 invited | punct |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 invited | aux:pass |
| 7 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 George | acl:relcl |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 invited | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | past · passive | the George Professor | again | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The Prince, who sat beside the General
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sat | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sat | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 sat | nsubj |
| 5 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 8 General | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 General | det |
| 8 | General | General | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | the Prince | the General | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside general=Location |
Option 4
The Professor George, who was invited again to dinner the following week
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 |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 invited | punct |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 invited | aux:pass |
| 7 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 George | acl:relcl |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 invited | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 dinner | mark |
| 10 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 invited | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 week | det |
| 12 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 week | amod |
| 13 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 George | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | past · passive | the George Professor the following week | again | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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