Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…

In what manner did the husband's enchantment come to an end at the conclusion of this passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: enchantment, husband · What happens: do, come, enchant, conclude · To what, where: manner, conclusion, passage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 husband	det
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 enchantment	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 husband	case
8	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	nsubj
9	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 conclusion	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 conclusion	det
15	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 passage	case
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 passage	det
18	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conclusion	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come	infinitive	the husband's enchantment		the conclusion of this passage	to a end	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial_Location
3	enchant		the husband				nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
4	conclude			this passage			nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

It was broken when she burned the skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 broken	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	aux:pass
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 burned	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 burned	nsubj
6	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 skin	det
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · passive		It					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	burn	past	she	the skin					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It did not end; he was compelled to depart and marry the witch's daughter

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 end	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 end	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 end	advmod
4	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 compelled	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 compelled	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 compelled	aux:pass
8	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 end	xcomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 depart	mark
10	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 compelled	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 marry	cc
12	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 depart	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 witch	det
14	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 daughter	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 witch	case
16	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not end	past · do-support	It		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	compel	past · passive		he	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
3	depart	to-infinitive			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	marry	infinitive		the witch's daughter	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient

Option 3

It did end; she burned the hide and he was freed to live at home again

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 burned	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 burned	nsubj
6	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hide	det
8	hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burned	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 freed	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 freed	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 freed	aux:pass
12	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 did	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 live	mark
14	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 freed	xcomp
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 home	case
16	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 live	obl
17	again	again	ADV	_	14 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	do	past	It	end			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Eventuality
2	burn	past	she	the hide			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hide=Theme
3	free	past · passive		he			tree rules
4	live	to-infinitive			home	again	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location

Option 4

It ended at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ended	nsubj
2	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 dawn	case
4	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	past	It				dawn		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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