Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv t…

Which of the following best describes the motive of Uct Dealv for transforming Tuiren into a hound?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: motive · What happens: follow, describe, transform · To what, where: motive, Tuiren

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1046 «Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv turns the queen into a hound and sends her to Fergus» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 motive	det
8	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Uct	case
10	Uct	Uct	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 motive	nmod
11	Dealv	Dealv	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Uct	flat
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 transforming	mark
13	transforming	transform	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 motive	acl
14	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 transforming	obj
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 hound	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 hound	det
17	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 transforming	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the motive of Uct	of the best	tree rules
3	transform	gerund	the motive of Uct not said here	Tuiren	into a hound result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent tuiren=Patient into hound=Result

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

Her desire to win back Fergus's favour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 desire	nmod:poss
2	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 win	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 win	mark
4	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 win	advmod
6	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 favour	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Fergus	case
8	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	win back	to-infinitive	Her desire	Fergus's favour	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Eventuality
2	desire		Her = she		nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
3	favour		Fergus		nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 jealousy	nmod:poss
2	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 marriage	case
4	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 marriage	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Iollan	case
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jealousy	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Tuiren	case
8	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 marriage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry		Iollan					to Tuiren	nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

Option 3

Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren, which she could not forgive or forget at all

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 jealousy	nmod:poss
2	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 forgive	nsubj:outer
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 marriage	case
4	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 marriage	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Iollan	case
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jealousy	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Tuiren	case
8	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 marriage	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 forgive	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 forgive	obj
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 forgive	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 forgive	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 forgive	advmod
14	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 forget	cc
16	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 forgive	conj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 forget	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not forgive	could	Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
2	forget	infinitive	Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren not said here	all		tree rules
3	marry		Iollan		to Tuiren	nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

Option 4

Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren and her hatred of all dogs in general

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 jealousy	nmod:poss
2	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 marriage	case
4	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 marriage	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Iollan	case
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jealousy	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Tuiren	case
8	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 marriage	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hatred	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hatred	nmod:poss
11	hatred	hatred	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jealousy	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 dogs	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 dogs	det
14	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hatred	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 general	case
16	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dogs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry		Iollan					to Tuiren	nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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