Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king…

Which of the following accurately describes the rider's fate after the king's blow?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rider, king · What happens: follow, describe, fate, blow · To what, where: fate

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the sword» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rider	det
8	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fate	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 rider	case
10	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	after	after	ADP	_	15 blow	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 blow	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 king	case
15	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fate	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the rider's fate	after the king's blow	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	fate		the rider		after the king's blow		nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent after=obl
4	blow		the king				nom blow «act intransitive»: 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

the head was severed from the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 head	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 severed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 severed	aux:pass
4	severed	sever	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 body	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 severed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sever	past · passive		the head		the body			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from body=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the rider fell into the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rider	det
2	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the rider					into the sea result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result

Option 3

the rider escaped unharmed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rider	det
2	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 escaped	nsubj
3	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 escaped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	past	the rider					unharmed property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

the rider was carried off by the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rider	det
2	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carried	aux:pass
4	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 carried	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 wind	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wind	det
8	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past · passive	the wind	the rider					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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