Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, Becfola, part 20: a wolf chase and a ha…

Which of the following most accurately describes the conclusion of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, conclude · To what, where: conclusion, passage

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1052 «Irish Fairy Tales, Becfola, part 20: a wolf chase and a handsome stranger» 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	7 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 describes	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 conclusion	det
9	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 passage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 passage	det
12	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conclusion	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the conclusion of the passage	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme
3	conclude		the passage		nom conclusion «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice

The maid stays behind while Becfola sails to a wide green land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 maid	det
2	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	nsubj
3	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	behind	behind	ADV	_	3 stays	advmod
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 sails	mark
6	Becfola	Becfola	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sails	nsubj
7	sails	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stays	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 land	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 land	det
10	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 land	amod
11	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 land	amod
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sails	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	the maid					behind property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sail	present	Becfola			a wide green land			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to land=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The youth rows Becfola in a boat to a high, pleasant island

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rows	nsubj
3	rows	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Becfola	Becfola	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rows	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 boat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boat	det
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rows	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	13 island	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 island	det
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 island	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 high	punct
12	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 island	amod
13	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	row	present	the youth	Becfola		a boat		to a high pleasant island	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent becfola=Theme to island=Trajectory

Option 3

The youth leads Becfola on foot to a dark and windy cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leads	nsubj
3	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Becfola	Becfola	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 leads	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 foot	case
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leads	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	12 cave	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cave	det
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cave	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 windy	cc
11	windy	windy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dark	conj
12	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leads	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	the youth	Becfola		foot		to a dark cave	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent becfola=Theme on foot=Destination

Option 4

The youth carries her home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carries	nsubj
3	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 home	nmod:poss
5	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carries	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	the youth	youth's home					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme

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