Exam question 3 · Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses…

With reference to the text, state the reason given for the death of Dog Head in her combat with Art.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dog Head, Head · What happens: give, die, combat · To what, where: reason, combat

This is exam question 3 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	root	root
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	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	obj
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 reason	acl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 death	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 death	det
13	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 Head	case
15	Dog	Dog	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Head	compound
16	Head	Head	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 death	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 combat	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 combat	nmod:poss
19	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 Art	case
21	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 combat	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the reason not said here	Head's combat with Art	for the death of Dog Head	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for death=Asset
2	die		Dog Head				nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent
3	combat		Head			with Art	nom combat «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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

Art's spear pierced her heart at last.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spear	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Art	case
3	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pierced	nsubj
4	pierced	pierce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heart	nmod:poss
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pierced	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 last	case
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pierced	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pierced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pierce	past	Art's spear	spear's heart		last			vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient

Option 2

She was struck by a poisoned arrow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 arrow	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 arrow	det
6	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 arrow	amod
7	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 struck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	a poisoned arrow	She					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument
2	poison	participle							vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The gods had decided she should die because she had tried to kill Art by means of the poisoned cup at the feast.

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 gods	det
2	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 decided	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decided	aux
4	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 die	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 die	aux
7	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 decided	xcomp
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 tried	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 tried	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 tried	aux
11	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 decided	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 kill	mark
13	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 means	advcl
14	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 kill	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 means	case
16	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 tried	parataxis
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 cup	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 cup	det
19	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 cup	amod
20	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 means	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	23 feast	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 feast	det
23	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cup	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 decided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decide	past · perfect · passive		the gods		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: subject=Co-Agent clause=Topic
2	die not said to happen	should	she			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	try	past · perfect	she			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	kill	to-infinitive		Art		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Theme
5	mean	present			of the poisoned cup at the feast	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
6	poison	participle				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Her days were numbered and her time had come.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 days	nmod:poss
2	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 numbered	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 numbered	aux:pass
4	numbered	number	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 come	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 time	nmod:poss
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 come	aux
9	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 numbered	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 numbered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	number	past · passive		Her days					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	come	past · perfect	her time						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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