Exam question 1 · Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and…
Which of the following constitutes the principal accusation brought against the prisoner Jurgen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal accusation · What happens: follow, constitute, bring · To what, where: prisoner
This is exam question 1 of lesson 966 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and is jailed for Martin's murder» 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 constitutes | obj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 constitutes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 constitutes | nsubj |
| 5 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 accusation | det |
| 7 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 accusation | amod |
| 8 | accusation | accusation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 brought | nsubj |
| 9 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 constitutes | ccomp |
| 10 | against | against | ADP | _ | 12 prisoner | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 prisoner | det |
| 12 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 brought | obl |
| 13 | Jurgen | Jurgen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 prisoner | appos |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 constitutes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | constitute | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | bring | past | the principal accusation | the prisoner | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against prisoner=Destination |
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
the theft of the eel-house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 theft | det |
| 2 | theft | theft | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 house | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 5 | eel | eel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 house | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 eel | punct |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 theft | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
the arson of Martin's barn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 arson | det |
| 2 | arson | arson | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 barn | case |
| 4 | Martin | Martin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 barn | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Martin | case |
| 6 | barn | barn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 arson | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
the wilful murder of Martin and the theft of his money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 murder | det |
| 2 | wilful | wilful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 murder | amod |
| 3 | murder | murder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Martin | case |
| 5 | Martin | Martin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 murder | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 theft | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 theft | det |
| 8 | theft | theft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 murder | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 money | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 money | nmod:poss |
| 11 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 theft | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | murder | Martin | nom murder «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the wilful murder of Martin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 murder | det |
| 2 | wilful | wilful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 murder | amod |
| 3 | murder | murder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Martin | case |
| 5 | Martin | Martin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 murder | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | murder | Martin | nom murder «act transitive»: of=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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