Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian fre…

Identify the means by which the giant's threat against the sea-dwelling brothers was communicated to the knight's daughter.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, the · What happens: identify, mean, dwell, communicate · To what, where: threat, daughter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1142 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian frees the knight's daughter, kills the giant, and is left behind on the island» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 communicated	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giant	det
7	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 threat	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 giant	case
9	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 communicated	nsubj:pass
10	against	against	ADP	_	15 brothers	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 brothers	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dwelling	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 sea	punct
14	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 brothers	amod
15	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 threat	nmod
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 communicated	aux:pass
17	communicated	communicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 means	ccomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	22 daughter	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 knight	det
20	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 daughter	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 knight	case
22	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 communicated	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	dwell	gerund				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	communicate	past · passive		the giant's threat against the dwelling brothers	the knight's daughter	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to daughter=Recipient

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

Through a message the giant sent by his brother from the hunting hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 message	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 message	det
3	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 giant	det
5	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 message	amod
6	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 message	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 brother	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brother	nmod:poss
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 hill	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hill	det
12	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hill	compound
13	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	participle		a message not said here		the hunting hill		by his brother	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from hill=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By the giant's own declaration upon returning from the hunting hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	6 declaration	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giant	det
3	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 declaration	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 giant	case
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 declaration	amod
6	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	8 returning	mark
8	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 declaration	acl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hill	det
11	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hill	compound
12	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 returning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund	the giant's own declaration not said here			the hunting hill			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from hill=Initial_Location
2	declare		the giant						nom declaration «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Through the witch's messenger at the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	5 messenger	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 witch	det
3	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 messenger	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 witch	case
5	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 gate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 messenger	nmod

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

Option 4

By the giant's own loud declaration upon his return from the distant hunting hill at dusk

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	7 declaration	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giant	det
3	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 declaration	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 giant	case
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 declaration	amod
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 declaration	amod
7	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 return	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 return	nmod:poss
10	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 declaration	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	15 hill	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hill	det
13	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hill	amod
14	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hill	compound
15	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 return	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 dusk	case
17	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hill	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare		the giant					upon giant's return from the distant hunting hill at dusk	nom declaration «communication transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl
2	return		giant			the distant hunting hill at dusk			nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1142-pg3027-part8/e2/