Exam question 1 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manu…
What was the principal reason given by the queen for the banishment of Manus?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, give, banish · To what, where: principal reason, Manus
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1159 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manus is cheated of his share and is offered a sword» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 reason | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 queen | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 queen | det |
| 9 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 given | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 banishment | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 banishment | det |
| 12 | banishment | banishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 given | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Manus | case |
| 14 | Manus | Manus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 banishment | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the principal reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give | participle | the principal reason not said here | by the queen; for the banishment of Manus | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for banishment=Asset | ||||
| 3 | banish | Manus | nom banishment «state transitive»: of=patient |
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 · ✓ the right answer
She wished to destroy him after the injury to her son
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 | 2 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 destroy | mark |
| 4 | destroy | destroy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 destroy | obj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 injury | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 injury | det |
| 8 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 destroy | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 son | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 son | nmod:poss |
| 11 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 destroy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | She | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | destroy not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | him = he | after the injury | to her son | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 2
She wished to ruin him after the quarrel with her son
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 | 2 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 ruin | mark |
| 4 | ruin | ruin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ruin | obj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 quarrel | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 quarrel | det |
| 8 | quarrel | quarrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruin | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 son | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 son | nmod:poss |
| 11 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruin | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | She | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ruin not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | him = he | after the quarrel | with her son | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with son=Instrument |
Option 3
She wished to destroy him after the injury to her son and her own pride
The tree, 15 words
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 | 2 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 destroy | mark |
| 4 | destroy | destroy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 destroy | obj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 injury | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 injury | det |
| 8 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 destroy | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 son | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 son | nmod:poss |
| 11 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 destroy | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 pride | cc |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 pride | nmod:poss |
| 14 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 pride | amod |
| 15 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 son | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | She | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | destroy not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | him = he | after the injury | to her son and her own pride | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||
| 3 | pride | her = she | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
She meant to kill him after her son was hurt badly
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 | 2 meant | nsubj |
| 2 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 kill | mark |
| 4 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 meant | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kill | obj |
| 6 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 hurt | mark |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 hurt | aux:pass |
| 10 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 kill | advcl |
| 11 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 hurt | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | past | She | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | kill not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | him = he | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hurt | past · passive | her son | badly property | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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