Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Maurice Connor: a blind piper dances wi…

With reference to the passage, what condition did the lady of the sea attach to her proposal of marriage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage, marriage · What happens: lady, attach, propose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1305 «Irish Fairy Tales, Maurice Connor: a blind piper dances with a sea lady and forgets his mother on the shore» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 attach	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lady	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 lady	nsubj
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lady	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lady	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lady	det
11	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 sea	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lady	nmod
15	attach	attach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 proposal	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 proposal	nmod:poss
18	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 attach	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 marriage	case
20	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 proposal	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 attach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	lady	past · do-support	the passage and the lady	of the sea	tree rules
2	attach	present		with reference to the passage and the lady; to condition's proposal of marriage	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with reference=Co-Patient
3	propose		marriage		nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Maurice should become king of the fishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maurice	maurice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 become	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 become	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 fishes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fishes	det
7	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	should	Maurice	king of the fishes					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He must go down beneath the waves and never return to land again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 go	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 go	advmod
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 waves	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 waves	det
7	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 go	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 return	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 return	advmod
10	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 go	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 land	mark
12	land	land	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 return	xcomp
13	again	again	ADV	_	12 land	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	go down	must	He	the waves		down property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beneath wave=Location
2	not return	infinitive	He not said here				tree rules
3	land	to-infinitive	He not said here		again		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He must renounce his mother and his home village forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 renounce	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 renounce	aux
3	renounce	renounce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 renounce	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 village	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 village	nmod:poss
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 village	compound
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mother	conj
10	forever	forever	ADV	_	3 renounce	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	renounce	must	He	his mother and his home village				forever property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Source

Option 4

He must send her a yearly gift of gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 send	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 send	aux
3	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 send	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gift	det
6	yearly	yearly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gift	amod
7	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 send	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 gold	case
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gift	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	must	He	a yearly gift of gold	her = she				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination gift=Theme
2	gift			gold					nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

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