Exam question 4 · Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12:…

In what manner did the fox conceal his identity from the king of Erin upon their arrival in the harbour?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fox, their · What happens: conceal, arrive · To what, where: identity, manner, harbour

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1146 «Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12: the fox sails Ian to Erin and France, and the princess is tricked aboard» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 conceal	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fox	det
6	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	nsubj
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 identity	nmod:poss
9	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 king	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Erin	case
14	Erin	Erin	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 king	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 arrival	case
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 arrival	nmod:poss
17	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 harbour	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 harbour	det
20	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 arrival	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past · do-support	the fox	fox's identity		what manner		from the king of Erin; upon their arrival in the harbour	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent identity=Patient from king=Beneficiary
2	arrive		their = they			the harbour			nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place

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

As a woman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 woman	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 woman	det
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

By wearing a long grey cloak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wearing	mark
2	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cloak	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cloak	amod
5	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cloak	amod
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	gerund		a long grey cloak					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By assuming the form of a woman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 assuming	mark
2	assuming	assume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assuming	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 woman	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 woman	det
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assume	gerund		the form of a woman					vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
2	form			a woman					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

By taking the shape of a man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 taking	mark
2	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shape	det
4	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 taking	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 man	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shape	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	gerund		the shape of a man					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme

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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