Exam question 3 · Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's jour…

Specify the precise reason, given in the narrative, for which the salmon resolved to return to Ulster from the distant sea.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, salmon · What happens: specify, give, resolve, return · To what, where: precise reason, narrative, Ulster, distant sea

This is exam question 3 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 given	punct
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 narrative	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 narrative	det
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 resolved	punct
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 resolved	obl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 salmon	det
14	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 resolved	nsubj
15	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Specify	parataxis
16	to	to	PART	_	17 return	mark
17	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 resolved	xcomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 Ulster	case
19	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 return	obl
20	from	from	ADP	_	23 sea	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 sea	det
22	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 sea	amod
23	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 return	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the precise reason			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	participle		the precise reason not said here		the narrative	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	resolve	past	the salmon				tree rules
4	return	to-infinitive	the salmon not said here		Ulster	the distant sea	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient to ulster=Result from sea=Initial_State

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

He was seized by an uncontrollable anguish to be in that place, and he could not sleep or eat until he got there

The tree, 23 words

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 seized	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	aux:pass
3	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 anguish	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 anguish	det
6	uncontrollable	uncontrollable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 anguish	amod
7	anguish	anguish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seized	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	12 place	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 place	cop
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 place	case
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 place	det
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seized	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sleep	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sleep	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sleep	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 sleep	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 sleep	advmod
18	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 seized	parataxis
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 eat	cc
20	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 sleep	conj
21	until	until	SCONJ	_	23 got	mark
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 got	nsubj
23	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 eat	advcl
24	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	seize	past · passive	a uncontrollable anguish	He		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	a uncontrollable anguish not said here		that place	tree rules
3	not sleep	could	he			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	eat	infinitive	he not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	get	past	he		there	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was pulled by a fierce longing to return to his mother's river

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 pulled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pulled	aux:pass
3	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 longing	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 longing	det
6	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 longing	amod
7	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulled	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 return	mark
9	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pulled	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 river	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mother	nmod:poss
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 river	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 mother	case
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past · passive	a fierce longing	He					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent subject=Result
2	return	to-infinitive	a fierce longing not said here					to his mother's river result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to river=Result

Option 3

He was overcome by a strong desire to go back to the cold sea

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 overcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 overcome	aux:pass
3	overcome	overcome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 desire	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 desire	det
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 desire	amod
7	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 overcome	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 go	mark
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 overcome	advcl
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 go	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
13	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sea	amod
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overcome	past · passive	a strong desire	He					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme
2	go back	to-infinitive	a strong desire not said here					to the cold sea result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to sea=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was seized by an uncontrollable anguish to be in that place

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 seized	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	aux:pass
3	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 anguish	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 anguish	det
6	uncontrollable	uncontrollable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 anguish	amod
7	anguish	anguish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seized	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	12 place	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 place	cop
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 place	case
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 place	det
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seized	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past · passive	a uncontrollable anguish	He					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	a uncontrollable anguish not said here			that place			tree rules

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