Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 2…
Which of the following describes the object that the elves returned to the narrator at the conclusion of the feast?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: elves · What happens: follow, be, return, conclude · To what, where: conclusion, feast
This is exam question 1 of lesson 990 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 201: the elves' glittering maypole and feast, the violet staff and noisy kitchen, then the second mouse sets out to become a poet» 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 | 7 object | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 object | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 object | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 object | case |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 object | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 object | det |
| 7 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 returned | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 elves | det |
| 10 | elves | elf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 returned | nsubj |
| 11 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 object | advcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 narrator | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 narrator | det |
| 14 | narrator | narrator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 returned | obl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 conclusion | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 conclusion | det |
| 17 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 returned | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 feast | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 feast | det |
| 20 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 conclusion | nmod |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 object | 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 | is | present | of the object | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | return | past | the elves | the conclusion of the feast | to the narrator result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to narrator=Result | |||
| 4 | conclude | the feast | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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 right answer
The sausage skewer, which had been transformed by their art
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 skewer | det |
| 2 | sausage | sausage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 skewer | compound |
| 3 | skewer | skewer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 transformed | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 transformed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 transformed | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 transformed | aux:pass |
| 8 | transformed | transform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 skewer | acl:relcl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 art | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 art | nmod:poss |
| 11 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 transformed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transform | past · perfect · passive | their art | the sausage skewer | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 2
The violet cup, which had been filled with soup and bells
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cup | det |
| 2 | violet | violet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cup | amod |
| 3 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 filled | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 filled | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 filled | aux:pass |
| 8 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cup | acl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 soup | case |
| 10 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 filled | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 bells | cc |
| 12 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 soup | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | past · perfect · passive | the violet cup | with soup and bells | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with soup=Instrument |
Option 3
A golden maypole
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 maypole | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 maypole | amod |
| 3 | maypole | maypole | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The silver spoon, which had been stolen from the table
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 spoon | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spoon | compound |
| 3 | spoon | spoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 stolen | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 stolen | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 stolen | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 stolen | aux:pass |
| 8 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 spoon | acl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 table | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 table | det |
| 11 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stolen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past · perfect · passive | the silver spoon | the table | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from table=Source |
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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