Exam question 4 · Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★
Select the most reliable evidence concerning the appearance of Viking helmets.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, reliable evidence · What happens: select, concern · To what, where: reliable evidence, appearance
This is exam question 4 of lesson 37 «Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★» of the myths 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 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 evidence | det |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 reliable | advmod |
| 4 | reliable | reliable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 evidence | amod |
| 5 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 6 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 evidence | acl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 appearance | det |
| 8 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 concerning | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 helmets | case |
| 10 | Viking | Viking | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 helmets | compound |
| 11 | helmets | helmet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 appearance | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the reliable evidence | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme | ||||
| 2 | concern | gerund | the reliable evidence not said here | the appearance of Viking helmets | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus appearance=Experiencer |
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
Accounts passed on by word of mouth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accounts | account | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Accounts | acl |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 2 passed | compound:prt |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 word | case |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 passed | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 mouth | case |
| 7 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass on | participle | Accounts not said here | by word of mouth | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | word | mouth | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Helmets excavated from the Viking age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helmets | helmet | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | excavated | excavate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Helmets | acl |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 age | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 age | det |
| 5 | Viking | Viking | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 age | compound |
| 6 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 excavated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | excavate | participle | Helmets not said here | from the Viking age | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Costumes designed for an opera
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costumes | costume | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | designed | design | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Costumes | acl |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 opera | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 opera | det |
| 5 | opera | opera | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 designed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | design | participle | Costumes not said here | for a opera | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for opera=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Illustrations in modern comic books and films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illustrations | illustration | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 books | case |
| 3 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 books | amod |
| 4 | comic | comic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 books | amod |
| 5 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Illustrations | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 films | cc |
| 7 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 books | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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