Exam question 3 · Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of th…

Identify the figure who first detects the approaching dust and state his role in the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, figure · What happens: identify, detect, approach · To what, where: figure, approaching dust, narrative

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1059 «Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of the Iron is beaten and the Carl is revealed as a god» 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 figure	det
3	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 detects	nsubj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 detects	advmod
6	detects	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 figure	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dust	det
8	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 dust	amod
9	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 detects	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 state	cc
11	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dust	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 role	nmod:poss
13	role	role	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 detects	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 narrative	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 detects	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the figure			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme
2	detect	present	the figure	the approaching dust and state	the narrative	first property	tree rules
3	approach	gerund					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 lookout who sees the dust, sure.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lookout	det
2	lookout	lookout	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 sees	nsubj
4	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lookout	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dust	det
6	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sure	punct
8	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dust	amod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lookout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	the lookout	the dust					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dust=Stimulus

Option 2

Fionn, whose wisdom tells the Fianna where the Carl and Cael are hiding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 tells	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tells	punct
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	4 wisdom	nmod:poss
4	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tells	nsubj
5	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Fianna	det
7	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 tells	obj
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 hiding	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Carl	det
10	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 hiding	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Cael	cc
12	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Carl	conj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 hiding	aux
14	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 tells	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Fionn		the Fianna				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fianna=Recipient
2	hide	present · progressive	the Carl and Cael						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The eagle-eyed watcher, whose sight reveals the Carl and Cael to the Fianna

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 watcher	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eyed	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 eagle	punct
4	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 watcher	amod
5	watcher	watcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 reveals	punct
7	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	8 sight	nmod:poss
8	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reveals	nsubj
9	reveals	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 watcher	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Carl	det
11	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reveals	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Cael	cc
13	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Carl	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 Fianna	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Fianna	det
16	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reveals	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	present	sight	the Carl and Cael	the Fianna				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent carl=Topic to fianna=Recipient

Option 4

The eagle-eyed watcher, who spots the dust.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 watcher	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eyed	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 eagle	punct
4	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 watcher	amod
5	watcher	watcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spots	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 spots	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 spots	nsubj
8	spots	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dust	det
10	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spots	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 spots	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	present	the eyed watcher	the dust					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dust=Destination

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