Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Three Crowns, part 17: the younges…

What was the consequence of the knife cast by the prince upon the pursuing giant?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, cast · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1292 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Three Crowns, part 17: the youngest prince goes down the well and the pair escape the giants» 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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 knife	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knife	det
7	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 consequence	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 prince	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prince	det
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cast	obl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 giant	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 giant	det
14	pursuing	pursuing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 giant	compound
15	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cast	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence				of the knife	tree rules
2	cast	participle		the consequence not said here				by the prince; upon the pursuing giant	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by prince=Destination

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

A dense wood rose up between them and the giant on the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wood	det
2	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wood	amod
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rose	nsubj
4	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 rose	compound:prt
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rose	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 giant	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giant	det
10	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 them	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 road	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 road	det
13	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise up	past	a dense wood			the road		between them = they	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between they=Location

Option 2

A thick and dark wood sprang up instantly between them and the pursuing giant, blocking his path

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wood	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wood	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 dark	cc
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thick	conj
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sprang	nsubj
6	sprang	spring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 sprang	compound:prt
8	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	10 them	advmod
9	between	between	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sprang	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pursuing	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pursuing	det
13	pursuing	pursuing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 them	conj
14	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sprang	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 blocking	punct
16	blocking	block	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sprang	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 path	nmod:poss
18	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 blocking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spring up	past	a thick wood					between them = they; giant property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between they=Location
2	block	gerund	a thick wood not said here	wood's path					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer path=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A thick forest appeared there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 forest	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 forest	amod
3	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appeared	nsubj
4	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 appeared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	past	a thick forest			there			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A dense wood rose between them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wood	det
2	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wood	amod
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rose	nsubj
4	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	a dense wood					between them = they	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between they=Location

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