Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

Identify the reason given by the Carl for his unexpected return along the path to retrieve his garments.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, his · What happens: identify, give, retrieve, return · To what, where: reason, garments

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Carl	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Carl	det
7	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 return	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 return	nmod:poss
10	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 return	amod
11	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
12	along	along	ADP	_	14 path	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 path	det
14	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 return	nmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 retrieve	mark
16	retrieve	retrieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 given	advcl
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 garments	nmod:poss
18	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 retrieve	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	participle		the reason not said here	by the Carl; for his unexpected return along the path	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for return=Asset
3	retrieve	to-infinitive		his garments		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Theme
4	return		his = he		along the path	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent along=obl

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 is compelled to recover the two tails of his coat, which he had carelessly left on a tree and bush behind him

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 compelled	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 compelled	aux:pass
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 recover	mark
5	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tails	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 tails	nummod
8	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recover	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 coat	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 coat	nmod:poss
11	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tails	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 left	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 left	nsubj:pass
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 left	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 left	aux
16	carelessly	carelessly	ADV	_	17 left	advmod
17	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 tails	acl
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 tree	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 tree	det
20	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 left	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 bush	cc
22	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tree	conj
23	behind	behind	ADP	_	24 him	case
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 bush	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	compel	present · passive	He			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	recover	to-infinitive	the two tails of his coat			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme
3	leave	past · perfect · passive	the two tails of his coat	a tree and bush behind him	carelessly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on tree=Location

Option 2

He is compelled to recover the two tails of his coat that he dropped earlier on the road and by the bush

The tree, 22 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 compelled	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 compelled	aux:pass
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 recover	mark
5	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tails	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 tails	nummod
8	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recover	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 coat	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 coat	nmod:poss
11	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tails	nmod
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 dropped	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 dropped	nsubj
14	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 recover	advcl
15	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 dropped	advmod
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 road	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 road	det
18	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dropped	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 bush	cc
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 bush	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 bush	det
22	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 road	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	compel	present · passive		He			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	recover	to-infinitive		the two tails of his coat			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme
3	drop	past	he		the road and the bush	early property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on road=Trajectory

Option 3

He needs to collect the two lost tails of the coat

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 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 collect	mark
4	collect	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 needs	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 two	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 tails	nummod
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tails	cop
8	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 collect	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 coat	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 coat	det
11	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tails	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	need	present	He			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	collect not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	is a	past		two tails	of the coat	tree rules

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

He is compelled to recover the two tails of his coat

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 compelled	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 compelled	aux:pass
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 recover	mark
5	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tails	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 tails	nummod
8	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recover	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 coat	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 coat	nmod:poss
11	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tails	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	present · passive		He					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	recover	to-infinitive		the two tails of his coat					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme

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