Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe…

Identify the principal act of Covan the Brown-haired upon encountering the raven of the wilderness.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Covan · What happens: identify, encounter, act · To what, where: principal act, raven

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1184 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan feeds the raven, herds the cows through fire and flood, and is sheltered by two friends» 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	4 act	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 act	amod
4	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Covan	case
6	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 act	nmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 haired	det
8	Brown	Brown	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 haired	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Brown	punct
10	haired	haired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Covan	appos
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 encountering	mark
12	encountering	encounter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 haired	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 raven	det
14	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 encountering	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 wilderness	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wilderness	det
17	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 raven	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal act of Covan	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent act=Theme
2	encounter	gerund	you not said here	the raven of the wilderness	vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer raven=Stimulus
3	act		Covan		nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

He offered a portion of his small cake in charity to the bird.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offered	nsubj
2	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 portion	det
4	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 cake	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cake	nmod:poss
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cake	amod
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 portion	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 charity	case
10	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 bird	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bird	det
13	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 offered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	He	a portion of his small cake	the bird	charity			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent portion=Theme to bird=Goal

Option 2

He offered a portion of his small cake in charity to the raven and then asked the bird to lead him to the cows he had lost in the wilderness.

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offered	nsubj
2	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 portion	det
4	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 cake	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cake	nmod:poss
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cake	amod
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 portion	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 charity	case
10	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 raven	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 raven	det
13	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 asked	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 asked	advmod
16	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 offered	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bird	det
18	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 asked	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 lead	mark
20	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 asked	ccomp
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 lead	obj
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 cows	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 cows	det
24	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 lead	obl
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 lost	nsubj
26	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 lost	aux
27	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	24 cows	acl:relcl
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 wilderness	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 wilderness	det
30	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 lost	obl
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 offered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	He	a portion of his small cake		charity		to the raven goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent portion=Theme to raven=Goal
2	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here		the bird		then		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient clause=Topic
3	lead not said to happen	to-infinitive		bird	the cows				vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to cow=Destination
4	lose	past · perfect	bird	the cows not said here		the wilderness			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He offered a portion of his small cake in charity to the bird, then turned his back and walked on toward the moor without a word.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offered	nsubj
2	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 portion	det
4	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 cake	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cake	nmod:poss
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cake	amod
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 portion	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 charity	case
10	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 bird	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bird	det
13	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 turned	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 turned	advmod
16	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 offered	parataxis
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 back	nmod:poss
18	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 turned	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 walked	cc
20	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 turned	conj
21	on	on	ADP	_	24 moor	case
22	toward	toward	ADP	_	24 moor	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 moor	det
24	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 walked	obl
25	without	without	ADP	_	27 word	case
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 word	det
27	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 walked	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 offered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	He	a portion of his small cake	the bird	charity			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent portion=Theme to bird=Goal
2	turn	past		bird's back			then		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme
3	walk	past				the moor		without a word	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moor=Trajectory

Option 4

He shared part of his little cake with the raven.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shared	nsubj
2	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shared	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 cake	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cake	nmod:poss
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cake	amod
7	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 raven	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 raven	det
10	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shared	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	past	He	part of his little cake				with the raven	tree rules

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