Exam question 2 · Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30:…

In what manner did the High King Conn choose to address his grief following the death of Queen Eithne?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: High King Conn, grief, Eithne · What happens: do, choose, address, follow, die · To what, where: manner, grief, death

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1062 «Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30: Conn grieves for his queen and a stranger comes out of the sea» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Conn	det
6	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Conn	amod
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Conn	compound
8	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 choose	nsubj
9	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 address	mark
11	address	address	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 choose	xcomp
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 grief	nmod:poss
13	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 address	obj
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 grief	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 death	det
16	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 following	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 Eithne	case
18	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Eithne	nmod:desc
19	Eithne	Eithne	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 death	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past			what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	choose	present	the High King Conn			tree rules
3	address	to-infinitive	the High King Conn not said here	Conn's grief		vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Destination
4	follow	gerund	Conn's grief not said here	the death of Eithne Queen		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme
5	die		Eithne Queen			nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

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

He handed the kingdom to his son and sat weeping in the hall

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 handed	nsubj
2	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kingdom	det
4	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 handed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 son	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 handed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sat	cc
9	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 handed	conj
10	weeping	weep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 sat	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 hall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hall	det
13	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 weeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hand	past	He	the kingdom	his son		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme to son=Destination
2	sit	past	He not said here				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	weep	gerund	He not said here			in the hall	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in hall=Theme

Option 2

He gave power to Art and sailed off to the western islands

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Art	case
5	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sailed	cc
7	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 sailed	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 islands	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 islands	det
11	western	western	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 islands	amod
12	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sailed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	power	Art				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Theme to art=Recipient
2	sail off	past	He not said here			the western islands			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to island=Trajectory

Option 3

He handed the kingdom to his son Art and then wandered the shore in silent mourning for many months

The tree, 19 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 handed	nsubj
2	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kingdom	det
4	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 handed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 son	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 handed	obl
8	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 son	appos
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wandered	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 wandered	advmod
11	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 handed	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shore	det
13	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wandered	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 mourning	case
15	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 mourning	amod
16	mourning	mourning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wandered	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 months	case
18	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 months	amod
19	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 wandered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	past	He	the kingdom	his son				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme to son=Destination
2	wander	past	He not said here	the shore		silent mourning	then; month		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shore=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He delegated the rule to his son Art and walked beside the sea

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 delegated	nsubj
2	delegated	delegate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rule	det
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delegated	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 son	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delegated	obl
8	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 son	appos
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 walked	cc
10	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 delegated	conj
11	beside	beside	ADP	_	13 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delegate	past	He	the rule				to his son	tree rules
2	walk	past	He not said here			the sea			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside sea=Trajectory

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