Exam question 1 · Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's jour…

Identify the principal character whose sea-journey and subsequent metamorphosis are narrated in the first person in this extract.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, narrate · To what, where: principal character, sea journey

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1036 «Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's journey and rebirth» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 character	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 character	amod
4	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	8 journey	nmod:poss
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 journey	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 sea	punct
8	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 narrated	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 metamorphosis	cc
10	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 metamorphosis	amod
11	metamorphosis	metamorphosis	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 journey	conj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 narrated	aux:pass
13	narrated	narrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 character	acl:relcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 person	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 person	det
16	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 person	amod
17	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 narrated	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 extract	case
19	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 extract	det
20	extract	extract	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 person	nmod
21	.	.	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 principal character					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme
2	narrate speech: other	present · passive		sea journey and subsequent metamorphosis				in the first person in this extract	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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

Finnian, the monk who baptizes the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finnian	Finnian	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 monk	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 monk	det
4	monk	monk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Finnian	appos
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 baptizes	nsubj
6	baptizes	baptize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 monk	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 baptizes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	baptize	present	the monk	the child					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent child=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Tuan, the salmon who becomes the son of Cairill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tuan	Tuan	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 salmon	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 salmon	det
4	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tuan	appos
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 becomes	nsubj
6	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 salmon	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 son	det
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 becomes	xcomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Cairill	case
10	Cairill	Cairill	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 son	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the salmon	the son of Cairill					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Tuan, the otter who turns into a king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tuan	Tuan	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 otter	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 otter	det
4	otter	otter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tuan	appos
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 turns	nsubj
6	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 otter	acl:relcl
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	the otter					into a king result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into king=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tuan, the salmon who becomes the son of Cairill and is later baptized in the family of God

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tuan	Tuan	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 salmon	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 salmon	det
4	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tuan	appos
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 becomes	nsubj
6	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 salmon	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 son	det
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 becomes	xcomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Cairill	case
10	Cairill	Cairill	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 son	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 baptized	cc
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 baptized	aux:pass
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 baptized	advmod
14	baptized	baptize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 becomes	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 family	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 family	det
17	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 baptized	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 God	case
19	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 family	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the salmon	the son of Cairill					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	baptize	present · passive	the salmon not said here			the family of God		late property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»

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