Exam question 2 · Lang's Fairy Books, The Stones of Plouhinec, part 1: a beg…

In what manner does the narrator describe the stones erected by the korigans upon the moor?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: describe, erect · To what, where: stones, manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1316 «Lang's Fairy Books, The Stones of Plouhinec, part 1: a beggar comes to the Christmas supper» 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	7 describe	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 describe	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	nsubj
7	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stones	det
9	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describe	obj
10	erected	erect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 stones	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 korigans	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 korigans	det
13	korigans	korigan	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 erected	obl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 moor	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 moor	det
16	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 erected	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · do-support	the narrator	the stones		what manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	erect	participle		the stones not said here				by the korigans; upon the moor	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

As so tall and heavy that no fairy could have placed them upright

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	SCONJ	_	3 tall	mark
2	so	so	ADV	_	3 tall	advmod
3	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 heavy	cc
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tall	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 placed	mark
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 fairy	det
8	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 placed	nsubj:pass
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 placed	aux
10	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 placed	aux
11	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tall	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 placed	obj
13	upright	upright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tall	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	could · perfect · passive		no fairy					vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme they=Destination

Option 2

As so dark and strange that people feared to walk near them at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 dark	case
2	so	so	ADV	_	3 dark	advmod
3	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 strange	cc
5	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dark	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 feared	mark
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 feared	nsubj
8	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dark	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 walk	mark
10	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 feared	xcomp
11	near	near	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 walk	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 night	case
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	people						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	walk	to-infinitive	people not said here				night	near people	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near they=Trajectory

Option 3

As so tall and heavy that no fairy could have placed them upright, and so ancient that no villager remembered their making at all

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	SCONJ	_	3 tall	mark
2	so	so	ADV	_	3 tall	advmod
3	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 heavy	cc
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tall	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 placed	mark
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 fairy	det
8	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 placed	nsubj:pass
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 placed	aux
10	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 placed	aux
11	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 heavy	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 placed	obj
13	upright	upright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 placed	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 ancient	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 ancient	cc
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 ancient	advmod
17	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tall	conj
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 remembered	mark
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 villager	det
20	villager	villager	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 remembered	nsubj
21	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 ancient	advcl
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 making	nsubj
23	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 remembered	ccomp
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 all	case
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 making	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	place	could · perfect · passive		no fairy		upright property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme they=Destination
2	remember	past	no villager				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	make	gerund	their = they		all		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4

As so old that they had been carved by the sea long ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 old	case
2	so	so	ADV	_	3 old	advmod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 carved	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 carved	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 carved	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 carved	aux:pass
8	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 old	advcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carved	obl
12	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 ago	advmod
13	ago	ago	ADV	_	8 carved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	past · perfect · passive	the sea	they				ago property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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