Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv t…

Which statement most accurately describes the condition of the hound on the following day?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: describe, follow, condition · To what, where: condition, hound

This is exam question 4 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 describes	advmod
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 condition	det
7	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 hound	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hound	det
10	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 condition	nmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 day	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 day	det
13	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 day	amod
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hound	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the condition of the hound on the following day	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	condition			the hound on the following day		nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient

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

It continued to shiver, and was examined by Fergus, who was baffled by the strange illness

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 continued	nsubj
2	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 shiver	mark
4	shiver	shiver	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 continued	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 examined	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 examined	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 examined	aux:pass
8	examined	examine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 continued	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 Fergus	case
10	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 examined	obl:agent
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 baffled	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 baffled	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 baffled	aux:pass
14	baffled	baffle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 Fergus	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 illness	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 illness	det
17	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 illness	amod
18	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 baffled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	continue	past	It		vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	shiver	to-infinitive			vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	examine	past · passive	Fergus		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	baffle	past · passive	the strange illness	Fergus	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It continued to shiver and was examined by Fergus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 continued	nsubj
2	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 shiver	mark
4	shiver	shiver	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 continued	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 examined	cc
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 examined	aux:pass
7	examined	examine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 continued	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 Fergus	case
9	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 examined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	continue	past	It	vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	shiver	to-infinitive		vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	examine	past · passive	Fergus	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It went quiet and Fergus fed it some bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 went	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fed	cc
5	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 fed	nsubj
6	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fed	obj
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 bread	det
9	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	It					quiet property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	feed	past	Fergus	it					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient bread=Theme

Option 4

It continued to shiver violently and was examined closely by Fergus and the whole household

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 continued	nsubj
2	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 shiver	mark
4	shiver	shiver	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 continued	xcomp
5	violently	violently	ADV	_	4 shiver	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 examined	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 examined	aux:pass
8	examined	examine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 continued	conj
9	closely	closely	ADV	_	8 examined	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 Fergus	case
11	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 examined	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 household	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 household	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 household	amod
15	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Fergus	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	continue	past	It		vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	shiver	to-infinitive		violently property	vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	examine	past · passive	Fergus and the whole household	closely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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