Exam question 3 · Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, part 31: Conn chooses…

By what means did Art proceed to the sea in search of the required child?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Art · What happens: mean, proceed, require, search · To what, where: search, required child

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 proceed	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 proceed	aux
5	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 proceed	nsubj
6	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proceed	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 search	case
11	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proceed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 child	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 child	det
14	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 child	amod
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 search	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 proceed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	proceed	past · do-support	Art		search of the required child	to the sea	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	require	participle					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	search			the required child			nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

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 rowed a skin boat out across the sea toward the western coast of Ireland

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 rowed	nsubj
2	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boat	det
4	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boat	compound
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rowed	obj
6	out	out	ADV	_	2 rowed	advmod
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rowed	obl
10	toward	toward	ADP	_	13 coast	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 coast	det
12	western	western	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 coast	amod
13	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rowed	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Ireland	case
15	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 coast	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	row	past	He	a skin boat		the sea		toward the western coast of Ireland; out property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Theme across sea=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He embarked in a coracle and permitted the winds and waves to direct it

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 embarked	nsubj
2	embarked	embark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 coracle	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 coracle	det
5	coracle	coracle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embarked	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 permitted	cc
7	permitted	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 embarked	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 winds	det
9	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 permitted	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 waves	cc
11	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 winds	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 direct	mark
13	direct	direct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 permitted	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 direct	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	embark	past	He		a coracle	tree rules
2	permit	past	He not said here	the winds and waves		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme
3	direct	to-infinitive	He not said here	coracle		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

He embarked in a coracle, a small round skin boat, and permitted the winds and waves to direct it across the wide sea

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	2 embarked	nsubj
2	embarked	embark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 coracle	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 coracle	det
5	coracle	coracle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embarked	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 boat	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 boat	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 boat	amod
9	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 boat	amod
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 boat	compound
11	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coracle	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 permitted	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 permitted	cc
14	permitted	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 embarked	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 winds	det
16	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 permitted	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 waves	cc
18	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 winds	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 direct	mark
20	direct	direct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 permitted	advcl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 direct	obj
22	across	across	ADP	_	25 sea	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 sea	det
24	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 sea	amod
25	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 direct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	embark	past	He		a coracle and a small round skin boat	tree rules
2	permit	past	He not said here	the winds and waves		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme
3	direct	to-infinitive	He not said here	boat	the wide sea	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4

He launched a bronze ship and steered it across the grey waters of the sea

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 launched	nsubj
2	launched	launch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ship	det
4	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ship	compound
5	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 launched	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 steered	cc
7	steered	steer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 launched	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 steered	obj
9	across	across	ADP	_	12 waters	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 waters	det
11	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 waters	amod
12	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 steered	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waters	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	launch	past	He	a bronze ship					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme
2	steer	past	He not said here	ship		the grey waters of the sea			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme across water=Destination

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