Exam question 1 · Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, d…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Covan attempted to procure the salmon?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Covan · What happens: follow, describe, attempt, procure · To what, where: manner, salmon

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1185 «Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, duck and salmon and wins back his sister» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 describes	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 attempted	obl
11	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 attempted	nsubj
12	attempted	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 procure	mark
14	procure	procure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 attempted	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 salmon	det
16	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 procure	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	attempt	past	Covan		the manner		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	procure not said to happen	to-infinitive	Covan not said here	the salmon			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmon=Theme

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

He waded in with a net and tried to scoop the fish out of the shallows

The tree, 16 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 waded	nsubj
2	waded	wade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADV	_	2 waded	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 net	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 net	det
6	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waded	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tried	cc
8	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waded	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 scoop	mark
10	scoop	scoop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 tried	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fish	det
12	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 scoop	obj
13	out	out	ADP	_	16 shallows	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 shallows	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shallows	det
16	shallows	shallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 scoop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wade in	past	He			with a net	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	try	past	He not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	scoop not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the fish	the shallows		vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent fish=Theme out shallow=Trajectory

Option 2

He dived into the river deep

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 dived	nsubj
2	dived	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dived	obl
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dived	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive	past	He			the river		deep property	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into river=Location

Option 3

He waited on the bank rocks

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 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 rocks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rocks	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rocks	compound
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	He			the bank rocks			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He cast a baited line from a pole

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 cast	nsubj
2	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 line	det
4	baited	bait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 line	amod
5	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cast	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 pole	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pole	det
8	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	past	He	a baited line		a pole			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent line=Product from pole=Material
2	bait	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

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