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

Explain the outcome of the narrator's contest with the bear, as recorded in the text.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, narrator · What happens: explain, record, contest · To what, where: outcome, text

This is exam question 3 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 contest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contest	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 narrator	case
8	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 bear	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bear	det
11	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 recorded	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 recorded	mark
14	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Explain	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 text	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 text	det
17	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 recorded	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the narrator's contest		with the bear	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
2	record	participle			the text		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=Destination
3	contest		the narrator				nom contest «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 bear was killed and the boar went on his way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 killed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 killed	aux:pass
4	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 went	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boar	det
7	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	nsubj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 killed	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 way	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 way	nmod:poss
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past · passive		the bear					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	go	past	the boar			boar's way			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the bear fled, whimpering, after being rolled over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fled	nsubj
3	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 whimpering	punct
5	whimpering	whimper	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 fled	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rolled	punct
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 rolled	mark
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 rolled	aux:pass
9	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fled	conj
10	over	over	ADV	_	9 rolled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	flee	past	the bear		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	whimper	gerund	the bear not said here		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	roll over	gerund · passive	the bear not said here	over property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»

Option 3

the bear escaped into the forest and slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 escaped	nsubj
3	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 escaped	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 slept	cc
8	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 escaped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	past	the bear			the forest			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial_Location
2	sleep	past	the bear not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

the bear fled, whimpering, after being rolled over and over by the boar until it begged for mercy

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fled	nsubj
3	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 whimpering	punct
5	whimpering	whimper	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 fled	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rolled	punct
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 rolled	mark
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 rolled	aux:pass
9	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 whimpering	parataxis
10	over	over	ADV	_	9 rolled	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 over	cc
12	over	over	ADV	_	10 over	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 boar	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 boar	det
15	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rolled	obl
16	until	until	SCONJ	_	18 begged	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 begged	nsubj
18	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fled	advcl
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 mercy	case
20	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	flee	past	the bear		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	whimper	gerund	the bear not said here		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	roll	gerund · passive	the boar	over property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	beg speech: request	past	bear	for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic

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