Exam question 3 · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 35: the story…
By what name is the wife of Mongan known, and for what reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: name · What happens: be, know · To what, where: wife
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1067 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 35: the storyteller Cairide tells his tale to the abbot, while the Flame Lady grows jealous of Duv Laca» 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=Int | root | root |
| 3 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wife | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wife | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wife | det |
| 6 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Mongan | case |
| 8 | Mongan | Mongan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 wife | nmod |
| 9 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 wife | acl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 what | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 what | cc |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 what | case |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 what | parataxis |
| 14 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 what | nsubj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | name | the wife | of Mongan | tree rules | |||
| 2 | know | participle | the wife not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Bro'tiarna, the Flame Lady, because her cheeks burn whenever Mongan speaks of other women in his sleep
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bro'tiarna | Bro'tiarna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 burn | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Lady | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Lady | det |
| 4 | Flame | Flame | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Lady | compound |
| 5 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Bro'tiarna | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 burn | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 burn | mark |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 cheeks | nmod:poss |
| 9 | cheeks | cheek | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 burn | nsubj |
| 10 | burn | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 speaks | advmod |
| 12 | Mongan | Mongan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 speaks | nsubj |
| 13 | speaks | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 burn | advcl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 women | case |
| 15 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 women | amod |
| 16 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 speaks | obl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 sleep | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 sleep | nmod:poss |
| 19 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 speaks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | present | Bro'tiarna and the Flame Lady | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | present | Mongan | Mongan's sleep | of other women; whenever property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | sleep | Mongan | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Bro'tiarna, the Flame Lady, because she burns with rage and fury
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bro'tiarna | Bro'tiarna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 burns | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Lady | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Lady | det |
| 4 | Flame | Flame | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Lady | compound |
| 5 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Bro'tiarna | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 burns | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 burns | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 burns | nsubj |
| 9 | burns | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 rage | case |
| 11 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 burns | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 fury | cc |
| 13 | fury | fury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rage | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | present | Bro'tiarna and the Flame Lady | with rage and fury | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with rage=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Bro'tiarna, the Flame Lady, because her blood flooded her cheek
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bro'tiarna | Bro'tiarna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 flooded | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Lady | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Lady | det |
| 4 | Flame | Flame | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Lady | compound |
| 5 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Bro'tiarna | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 flooded | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 flooded | mark |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 blood | nmod:poss |
| 9 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 flooded | nsubj |
| 10 | flooded | flood | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 cheek | nmod:poss |
| 12 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 flooded | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flood | past | Bro'tiarna and the Flame Lady | her cheek | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient |
Option 4
Bro'tiarna, the Flame Lady, because she was born beside a great fire on the shore of Ben Edair
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bro'tiarna | Bro'tiarna | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Lady | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Lady | det |
| 4 | Flame | Flame | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Lady | compound |
| 5 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Bro'tiarna | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 born | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 born | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 born | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 born | aux:pass |
| 10 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Bro'tiarna | acl |
| 11 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 14 fire | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fire | det |
| 13 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fire | amod |
| 14 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 born | obl |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 shore | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 shore | det |
| 17 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 born | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Ben | case |
| 19 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 shore | nmod |
| 20 | Edair | Edair | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Ben | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past · passive | Bro'tiarna and the Flame Lady not said here | she | a great fire | on the shore of Ben | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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