Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is ca…
Which metal, as stated in the passage, constituted the composition of the shilling?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage · What happens: state, constitute · To what, where: metal, passage, composition
This is exam question 1 of lesson 975 «Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is called false and passed from hand to hand» 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 metal | det |
| 2 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stated | punct |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 stated | mark |
| 5 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 metal | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 passage | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 passage | det |
| 8 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stated | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 constituted | punct |
| 10 | constituted | constitute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 passage | acl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 composition | det |
| 12 | composition | composition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 constituted | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 shilling | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 shilling | det |
| 15 | shilling | shilling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 composition | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 metal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | participle | which metal not said here | the passage | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | constitute | participle | the passage not said here | the composition of the shilling | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme composition=Pivot |
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
a precious white metal of very high value that was mined in distant lands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 metal | det |
| 2 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 metal | amod |
| 3 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 metal | amod |
| 4 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 value | case |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 high | advmod |
| 7 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 value | amod |
| 8 | value | value | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 metal | nmod |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 mined | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 mined | aux:pass |
| 11 | mined | mine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 value | acl:relcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 lands | case |
| 13 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 lands | amod |
| 14 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 mined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mine | past · passive | high value | distant lands | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in land=Location |
Option 2
an alloy composed of copper and tin combined together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 alloy | det |
| 2 | alloy | alloy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 combined | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 alloy | acl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 copper | case |
| 5 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 composed | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tin | cc |
| 7 | tin | tin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 copper | conj |
| 8 | combined | combine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | together | together | ADV | _ | 8 combined | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compose | participle | a alloy not said here | of copper and tin | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | combine | participle · passive | a alloy | together property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
copper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
silver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | silver | silver | 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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