Exam question 1 · Farm animals and horses
Identify the region from which a horse ought to be approached.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, approach · To what, where: region, horse
This is exam question 1 of lesson 28 «Farm animals and horses» of the everyday 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 region | det |
| 3 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 approached | obl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 horse | det |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 approached | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 approached | aux |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 approached | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 approached | aux:pass |
| 11 | approached | approach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 region | acl:relcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the region | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent region=Theme | ||||
| 2 | approach | ought · passive | you not said here | a horse | the region | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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
From directly in front of its nose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From | from | ADP | _ | 4 front | case |
| 2 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 4 front | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 front | case |
| 4 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 nose | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 nose | nmod:poss |
| 7 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 front | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
From the side, near the shoulder, whilst speaking softly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From | from | ADP | _ | 3 side | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 side | det |
| 3 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 shoulder | punct |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 7 shoulder | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shoulder | det |
| 7 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 side | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 speaking | punct |
| 9 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 10 speaking | mark |
| 10 | speaking | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 shoulder | nmod |
| 11 | softly | softly | ADV | _ | 10 speaking | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | gerund | softly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
From beneath its neck without warning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From | from | ADP | _ | 4 neck | case |
| 2 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 4 neck | case |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 neck | nmod:poss |
| 4 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 warning | case |
| 6 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 neck | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
From directly behind, so as not to alarm it with one's face
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From | from | ADP | _ | 3 behind | case |
| 2 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 3 behind | advmod |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 alarm | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 alarm | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 alarm | case |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 alarm | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 alarm | mark |
| 9 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 behind | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 behind | nsubj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 face | case |
| 12 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 face | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 one | case |
| 14 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 it | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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