Exam question 4 · Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, d…

Which individual did the old man reveal himself to be at the conclusion of this passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: individual · What happens: reveal, be · To what, where: man, conclusion

This is exam question 4 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 individual	det
2	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reveal	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reveal	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reveal	nsubj
7	reveal	reveal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 reveal	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	13 conclusion	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 conclusion	cop
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 conclusion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 conclusion	det
13	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reveal	advcl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 passage	case
15	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 passage	det
16	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conclusion	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reveal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	past · do-support	which individual	man					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic
2	is	to-infinitive	which individual not said here			the conclusion		of this passage	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Spirit of Age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Spirit	det
2	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Age	case
4	Age	Age	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Spirit	nmod

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

Option 2

The spirit who guards the river and all who cross the glen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spirit	det
2	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 guards	nsubj
4	guards	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 spirit	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guards	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cross	cc
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 cross	det
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 cross	nsubj
10	cross	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 guards	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 glen	det
12	glen	glen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cross	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	present	the spirit	the river					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Beneficiary
2	cross	present		the glen					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glen=Patient

Option 3

The Spirit of Time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Spirit	det
2	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Time	case
4	Time	Time	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Spirit	nmod

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

Option 4

The ancient keeper of the cows, who had lived since the first winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 keeper	det
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 keeper	amod
3	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 cows	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cows	det
6	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 keeper	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lived	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 lived	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lived	aux
10	lived	live	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 keeper	acl
11	since	since	ADP	_	14 winter	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 winter	det
13	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 winter	amod
14	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past · perfect	the ancient keeper of the cows				winter		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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