Exam question 2 · Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses…
With reference to the text, identify the agent responsible for the magical dangers encountered by Art on his journey.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, responsible, Art · What happens: identify, encounter, journey · To what, where: agent, journey
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1066 «Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses monsters and dangers, then fights Dog Head and Morgan» 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 reference | case |
| 2 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 identify | obl |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 text | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 text | det |
| 5 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reference | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 reference | punct |
| 7 | identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 agent | det |
| 9 | agent | agent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 identify | obj |
| 10 | responsible | responsible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 encountered | nsubj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 dangers | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 dangers | det |
| 13 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 dangers | amod |
| 14 | dangers | danger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 encountered | obl |
| 15 | encountered | encounter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 identify | ccomp |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 Art | case |
| 17 | Art | Art | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 encountered | obl |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 journey | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 journey | nmod:poss |
| 20 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 encountered | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the agent | with reference to the text | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||
| 2 | encounter | past | responsible | Art's journey | for the magical dangers; by Art | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | journey | Art | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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
The hags who lived in the forest, who were all sisters of Morgan and worked under Dog Head's orders at the palace.
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hags | det |
| 2 | hags | hag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 worked | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 lived | nsubj |
| 4 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hags | acl:relcl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 forest | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 forest | det |
| 7 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lived | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sisters | punct |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 sisters | nsubj |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 sisters | cop |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 sisters | det |
| 12 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 forest | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Morgan | case |
| 14 | Morgan | Morgan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 sisters | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 lived | cc |
| 16 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | under | under | ADP | _ | 21 orders | case |
| 18 | Dog | Dog | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Head | compound |
| 19 | Head | Head | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 orders | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 Head | case |
| 21 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 worked | obl |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 palace | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 palace | det |
| 24 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 worked | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 worked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the hags | the forest | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the forest | all sisters | of Morgan | tree rules | |||
| 3 | work | past | the hags | Dog Head's orders | at the palace | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at palace=Theme | |||
| 4 | order | Dog Head | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Morgan the witch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan | Morgan | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 witch | det |
| 3 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Morgan | appos |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Morgan | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Morgan, the king of the hags.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan | Morgan | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 king | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Morgan | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 hags | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hags | det |
| 7 | hags | hag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 king | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Morgan | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Dog Head, wife of Morgan, the great witch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Head | compound |
| 2 | Head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wife | punct |
| 4 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Head | conj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Morgan | case |
| 6 | Morgan | Morgan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 wife | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 witch | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 witch | det |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 witch | amod |
| 10 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Morgan | appos |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Head | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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