Exam question 4 · China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the animal presented to the Ming court in 1414?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, present · To what, where: animal, Ming court, 1414

This is exam question 4 of lesson 56 «China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages» of the history 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	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 animal	det
10	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 animal	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 court	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 court	det
14	Ming	Ming	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 court	compound
15	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 presented	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 1414	case
17	1414	1414	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 presented	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the animal			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	present	participle	the animal not said here	the Ming court	1414		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to court=Recipient

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

A panda sent from Tibet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 panda	det
2	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 panda	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Tibet	case
5	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	participle		a panda not said here		Tibet			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from tibet=Initial_Location

Option 2

An elephant from Rome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 elephant	det
2	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Rome	case
4	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 elephant	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A dragon captured in the Yellow River

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dragon	det
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dragon	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 River	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 River	det
6	Yellow	Yellow	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 River	compound
7	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 captured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture	participle		a dragon not said here		the Yellow River			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A giraffe from Malindi, taken to be the auspicious qilin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 giraffe	det
2	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Malindi	case
4	Malindi	Malindi	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 giraffe	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 taken	punct
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 giraffe	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	11 qilin	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 qilin	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 qilin	det
10	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 qilin	amod
11	qilin	qilin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a giraffe from Malindi not said here					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	to-infinitive		the auspicious qilin					tree rules

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