Exam question 4 · Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, A Lost Paradise: a…

What became of the couple after their disobedience was discovered by the king?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, their · What happens: become, discover, disobey · To what, where: disobedience

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1286 «Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, A Lost Paradise: a hungry couple is given a palace, then loses it by lifting a lid» 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=Int	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 couple	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 couple	det
5	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	obl
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 discovered	mark
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 disobedience	nmod:poss
8	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discovered	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 discovered	aux:pass
10	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 became	advcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 king	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discovered	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	become	past			of the couple	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	discover	past · passive	the king	their disobedience		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
3	disobey		their = they			nom disobedience «act transitive»: poss=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

They were returned to their hut under guard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 returned	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 returned	aux:pass
3	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 hut	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hut	nmod:poss
6	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	obl
7	under	under	ADP	_	8 guard	case
8	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past · passive		They		guard		to their hut	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hut=Destination

Option 2

They were sent back to their hut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 hut	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hut	nmod:poss
7	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send back	past · passive		They		their hut			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hut=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Sent home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	participle						home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They were locked in the palace cellar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 locked	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 locked	aux:pass
3	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 cellar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cellar	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cellar	compound
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past · passive		They		the palace cellar			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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