Exam question 2 · Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag…

State the principal reason given by the narrator for his transformation into a hawk.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: give, transform · To what, where: State principal reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1035 «Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag, a boar, a hawk, then a salmon» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 narrator	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 narrator	det
8	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 transformation	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 transformation	nmod:poss
11	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 hawk	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 hawk	det
14	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the State principal reason not said here				by the narrator; for his transformation; into a hawk	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for transformation=Asset
2	transform		his = he						nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent

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 spell of a jealous queen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spell	det
2	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 queen	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 queen	det
5	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 queen	amod
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spell	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell			a jealous queen					nom spell «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

a wizard's spell from the west

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wizard	det
2	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spell	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 wizard	case
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 west	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 west	det
7	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spell	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell		a wizard			the west			nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent from=place

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the onset of old age overtook him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 onset	det
2	onset	onset	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 overtook	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 age	case
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 age	amod
5	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 onset	nmod
6	overtook	overtake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 overtook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overtake	past	the onset of old age	him = he					tree rules

Option 4

he was bored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bored	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	cop
3	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					bored property	tree rules

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