Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is…
By what means did the daughter of the king under the waves make her presence known to the sleeping youth?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: waves · What happens: mean, do, make, know, sleep · To what, where: daughter, presence
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1302 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is killed and revived by the deer, then the birds carry him under the sea» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | obj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 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 daughter | det |
| 6 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 king | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 daughter | nmod |
| 10 | under | under | ADP | _ | 13 make | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 waves | det |
| 12 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 make | nsubj |
| 13 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | advcl |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 presence | nmod:poss |
| 15 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 make | obj |
| 16 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 presence | acl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 youth | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 youth | det |
| 19 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 youth | amod |
| 20 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 known | obl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the daughter of the king | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | make | present | the waves | her presence | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset presence=Product | ||||
| 4 | know | participle | her presence not said here | to the sleeping youth | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | sleep | gerund | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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
Through a dream of the sea king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 3 dream | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dream | det |
| 3 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 king | compound |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dream | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dream | the sea king | nom dream «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
By writing her name upon his arm while he slept in the kirk at night
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 writing | mark |
| 2 | writing | write | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 slept | advcl |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 name | nmod:poss |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 writing | obj |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 arm | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 arm | nmod:poss |
| 7 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 writing | obl |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 slept | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 slept | nsubj |
| 10 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 kirk | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 kirk | det |
| 13 | kirk | kirk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 slept | obl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 night | case |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 slept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | gerund | he not said here | her name | upon his arm | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | |||
| 2 | sleep | past | he | the kirk | night | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in kirk=Location | |||
| 3 | name | her = she | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
By sending a letter ashore
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 sending | mark |
| 2 | sending | send | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 letter | det |
| 4 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sending | obj |
| 5 | ashore | ashore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sending | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | gerund | a letter | ashore property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
By writing her name upon his arm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 writing | mark |
| 2 | writing | write | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 name | nmod:poss |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 writing | obj |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 arm | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 arm | nmod:poss |
| 7 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 writing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | gerund | her name | upon his arm | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | ||||
| 2 | name | her = she | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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