Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…

Describe the sequence in which the princess lost her children and recovered them over the course of this passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, princess · What happens: describe, lose, recover · To what, where: sequence, children, course

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sequence	det
3	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 lost	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	nsubj
8	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	parataxis
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 children	nmod:poss
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lost	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 recovered	cc
12	recovered	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lost	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 recovered	obj
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 course	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 recovered	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 passage	case
18	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 passage	det
19	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the sequence		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme
2	lose	past	the princess	princess's children		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality
3	recover	past	the princess not said here	children = child	the course of this passage	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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

The eagle took the boy, the dog the girl, the lady the baby, and then she found the boy

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eagle	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 dog	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lady	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lady	det
13	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 girl	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 baby	det
15	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lady	nmod:unmarked
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 found	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 found	cc
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 found	advmod
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 found	nsubj
20	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 took	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 boy	det
22	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the eagle	the boy				the dog obl	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument boy=Theme girl=Destination
2	find	past	eagle	the boy			then		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Topic

Option 2

The boy went first, then the girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 went	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 girl	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 girl	orphan
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the boy	the girl				first property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The eagle took the boy first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eagle	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 took	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the eagle		the boy			first property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument boy=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The boy was taken by the eagle, the girl by the greyhound, and the baby by the lady, and the boy was then found in a little house

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 eagle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eagle	det
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 girl	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eagle	appos
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 greyhound	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 greyhound	det
13	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 baby	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 baby	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 baby	det
17	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	conj
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 lady	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 lady	det
20	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 baby	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 found	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 found	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 boy	det
24	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 found	nsubj:pass
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 found	aux:pass
26	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	27 found	advmod
27	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 taken	conj
28	in	in	ADP	_	31 house	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 house	det
30	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 house	amod
31	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive	the eagle	the boy				by the greyhound	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination
2	find	past · passive		the boy		a little house	then		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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