Exam question 3 · Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, d…

Identify the reward which the old man formally conferred upon Covan son of Gorla.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, old man · What happens: identify, confer · To what, where: reward

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reward	det
3	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 conferred	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conferred	nsubj
8	formally	formally	ADV	_	9 conferred	advmod
9	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reward	acl:relcl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 son	case
11	Covan	Covan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 son	compound
12	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conferred	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Gorla	case
14	Gorla	Gorla	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 son	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reward					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reward=Theme
2	confer	participle	the old man	the reward				upon Covan son of Gorla; formally property	tree rules

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

Restoration of his sister to his home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Restoration	restoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 sister	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sister	nmod:poss
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Restoration	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 home	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 home	nmod:poss
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sister	nmod

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

Option 2

Return of his lost brothers home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 brothers	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 brothers	nmod:poss
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 brothers	amod
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Return	nmod
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 brothers	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	return		his lost brothers						nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Return of his sister and brothers to their home in the glen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 sister	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sister	nmod:poss
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Return	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 brothers	cc
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sister	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 home	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 home	nmod:poss
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Return	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 glen	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 glen	det
12	glen	glen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return		his sister and brothers			the glen		to brothers's home	nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent to=obl in=place

Option 4

Permission to rule the valley and to keep all the cows he found

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 rule	mark
3	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Permission	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 valley	det
5	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rule	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keep	cc
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rule	conj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 cows	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cows	det
11	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keep	obj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 found	nsubj
13	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 cows	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	rule	to-infinitive		the valley	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valley=Theme
2	keep	to-infinitive		all cows	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme
3	find	past	he	all cows not said here	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Topic

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