Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian fre…

Specify the condition which the witch set upon the release of the transformed men, and the place from which the remedy must be obtained.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, condition · What happens: specify, set, transform, obtain · To what, where: condition, remedy, place

This is exam question 4 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 set	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 set	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 set	compound
7	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condition	acl:relcl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 release	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 release	det
10	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 set	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 men	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 men	det
13	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 men	amod
14	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 release	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 place	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 place	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 place	det
18	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obl
19	from	from	ADP	_	20 which	case
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 obtained	obl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 remedy	det
22	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 obtained	nsubj:pass
23	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 obtained	aux
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 obtained	aux:pass
25	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 place	acl:relcl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the condition		the place obl	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	set		the condition			upon the release of the transformed men	tree rules
3	transform	participle					vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	obtain	must · passive		the remedy	the place		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from which=Source

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

Anointing with milk from the island of Big Women

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anointing	anoint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 milk	case
3	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Anointing	obl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 island	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 island	det
6	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Anointing	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Women	case
8	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Women	amod
9	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 island	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	anoint	gerund				the island of Big Women		with milk	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with milk=Theme

Option 2

Anointing with water fetched from the island of Big Women, which the witch herself must bless

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anointing	anoint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fetched	csubj:pass
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 water	case
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Anointing	obl
4	fetched	fetch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 island	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 island	det
7	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fetched	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Women	case
9	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Women	amod
10	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 island	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 witch	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 witch	nsubj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 witch	det
14	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 island	conj
15	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	17 bless	nsubj
16	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 bless	aux
17	bless	bless	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 witch	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	anoint	gerund				with water	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with water=Theme
2	fetch	participle	Anointing		the island of Big Women and the witch		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from island=Source
3	witch		the island of Big Women and the witch				tree rules
4	bless	must	herself = she	the witch not said here			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Anointing with water fetched from the island of Big Women

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anointing	anoint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fetched	csubj:pass
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 water	case
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Anointing	obl
4	fetched	fetch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 island	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 island	det
7	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fetched	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Women	case
9	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Women	amod
10	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 island	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	anoint	gerund						with water	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with water=Theme
2	fetch	participle	Anointing			the island of Big Women			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from island=Source

Option 4

Bathing the stones in water fetched from the far sea island where the Big Women dwell

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bathing	bath	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 fetched	csubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stones	det
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bathing	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bathing	obl
6	fetched	fetch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	11 island	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 island	det
9	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 island	amod
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 island	compound
11	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fetched	obl
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 dwell	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Women	det
14	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Women	amod
15	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 dwell	nsubj
16	dwell	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 island	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	bath	gerund		the stones	water	tree rules
2	fetch	participle	Bathing		the far sea island	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from island=Source
3	dwell	present	the Big Women			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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