Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy become…

What, according to the narrative, did the Shifty Lad's mother identify as the terminal consequence of theft?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother · What happens: accord, identify

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1277 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy becomes a thief's apprentice and robs a farmer at Hallowe'en» 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=Rel	14 identify	obl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 narrative	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 narrative	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrative	det
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 narrative	punct
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 identify	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Lad	det
10	Shifty	shifty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Lad	amod
11	Lad	Lad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 mother	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Lad	case
13	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 identify	nsubj
14	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	as	as	ADP	_	18 consequence	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 consequence	det
17	terminal	terminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 consequence	amod
18	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 identify	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 theft	case
20	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consequence	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	identify	past · do-support	the Shifty Lad's mother					as the terminal consequence of theft	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as consequence=Attribute

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

a life of exile across the sea in foreign lands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 life	det
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 exile	case
4	exile	exile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 life	nmod
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 life	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lands	case
9	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lands	amod
10	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 life	nmod

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

Option 2

being publicly hanged at the bridge of Dublin town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hanged	aux:pass
2	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	3 hanged	advmod
3	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 bridge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bridge	det
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hanged	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 town	case
8	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 town	compound
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bridge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hange	gerund · passive				the bridge of Dublin town		publicly property	tree rules

Option 3

hanging at the gallows of Cork

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 gallows	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gallows	det
4	gallows	gallows	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 hanging	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Cork	case
6	Cork	Cork	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gallows	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	gerund				the gallows of Cork			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gallows=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

hanging at the bridge of Dublin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 bridge	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bridge	det
4	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hanging	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Dublin	case
6	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bridge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	gerund				the bridge of Dublin			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at bridge=Location

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