Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

Which of the following best describes the manner in which the Carl moves along the road at the commencement of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Carl · What happens: follow, describe, move · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1058 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: the Carl stops for blackberries while Fionn waits for news» 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 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 moves	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Carl	det
12	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 moves	nsubj
13	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	parataxis
14	along	along	ADP	_	16 road	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 road	det
16	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 moves	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 commencement	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 commencement	det
19	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 moves	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 passage	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 passage	det
22	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 commencement	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		of the best	tree rules
3	move	present	the Carl		the manner	along the road; at the commencement of the passage	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in which=Source along road=Trajectory at commencement=Destination

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 advances by lengthy hopping on one leg

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	2 advances	nsubj
2	advances	advance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 lengthy	case
4	lengthy	lengthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 advances	obl
5	hopping	hop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 advances	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 leg	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 leg	nummod
8	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hopping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	present	He					by lengthy	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	hop	gerund	He not said here			one leg			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory

Option 2

He proceeds in extensive two-legged bounds along the road, covering vast distances with each

The tree, 15 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	2 proceeds	nsubj
2	proceeds	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 bounds	case
4	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bounds	amod
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 legged	nummod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 two	punct
7	legged	legged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bounds	amod
8	bounds	bound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 proceeds	obl
9	along	along	ADP	_	11 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proceeds	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 covering	punct
13	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 proceeds	advcl
14	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 distances	amod
15	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 covering	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 each	case
17	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 covering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	present	He			extensive legged bounds		along the road	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	cover	gerund	He not said here	vast distances				with each	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent distance=Destination with each=Theme

Option 3

He travels by rapid bounding on all fours

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	2 travels	nsubj
2	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 bounding	mark
4	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bounding	amod
5	bounding	bound	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 travels	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 fours	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 fours	det
8	fours	four	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bounding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present	He						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bound	gerund	He not said here			all fours			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on four=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He proceeds in extensive two-legged bounds

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	2 proceeds	nsubj
2	proceeds	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 bounds	case
4	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bounds	amod
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 legged	nummod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 two	punct
7	legged	legged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bounds	amod
8	bounds	bound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 proceeds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	present	He			extensive legged bounds			vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

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