Exam question 2 · Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, part 31: Conn chooses…

Upon what condition did the magicians declare that the blight would depart from Ireland?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition, magicians, blight · What happens: do, declare, depart · To what, where: Ireland

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1063 «Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, part 31: Conn chooses Becuma, Art is banished, and Ireland starves» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 magicians	det
6	magicians	magician	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 declare	nsubj
7	declare	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 depart	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 blight	det
10	blight	blight	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 depart	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 depart	aux
12	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 declare	advcl
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 Ireland	case
14	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 depart	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	do	past	condition		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	declare speech: other	present	the magicians		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	depart	would	the blight	Ireland	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ireland=Initial_Location

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

Upon the bronze tribute of a sinless child to the earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	4 tribute	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tribute	det
3	bronze	bronze	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tribute	amod
4	tribute	tribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
7	sinless	sinless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 child	amod
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tribute	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 earth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 earth	det
11	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 child	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Upon the mixing of a sinless boy's blood with the soil of Tara

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 mixing	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mixing	det
3	mixing	mixing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 blood	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boy	det
6	sinless	sinless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boy	amod
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blood	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 boy	case
9	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mixing	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 soil	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 soil	det
12	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blood	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Tara	case
14	Tara	Tara	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 soil	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix			a sinless boy's blood with the soil of Tara					nom mixing «act transitive»: of=patient
2	soil			Tara					nom soil «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Upon the offering of a golden crown to the gods of the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 offering	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 offering	det
3	offering	offering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 crown	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crown	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crown	amod
7	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offering	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 gods	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gods	det
10	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 offering	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gods	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer			a golden crown				to the gods of the sea	nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 4

Upon the death of Art

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 death	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 death	det
3	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Art	case
5	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 death	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die		Art						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

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