Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the st…

What was the principal reason the baptized stone did not crush Bernez?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: baptized stone · What happens: be, baptize, not crush · To what, where: principal reason, Bernez

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1318 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the stones crush the sorcerer, and Peronnik hears of the magic basin» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reason	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stone	det
7	baptized	baptize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 stone	amod
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crush	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 crush	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 crush	advmod
11	crush	crush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reason	acl:relcl
12	Bernez	Bernez	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 crush	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal reason	tree rules
2	baptize	participle			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	not crush	past · do-support	the baptized stone	Bernez	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bernez=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

It had been struck by lightning before he came along and bore a mark of God

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	4 struck	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 struck	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 struck	aux:pass
4	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 lightning	case
6	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	obl
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 came	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 struck	advcl
10	along	along	ADV	_	9 came	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bore	cc
12	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 came	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mark	det
14	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bore	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 God	case
16	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 mark	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	strike	past · perfect · passive	lightning	It		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	come along	past	he		along property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	bear	past	he not said here	a mark of God		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Patient
4	mark			God		nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It bore the cross that he had carved

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 bore	nsubj
2	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cross	det
4	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bore	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 carved	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 carved	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 carved	aux
8	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 bore	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past	It	the cross					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cross=Patient
2	carve	past · perfect	he						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It bore the cross that he had carved in the sand near the sea at low tide

The tree, 17 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 bore	nsubj
2	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cross	det
4	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bore	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 carved	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 carved	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 carved	aux
8	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 bore	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sand	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sand	det
11	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carved	obl
12	near	near	ADP	_	14 sea	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carved	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 tide	case
16	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 tide	amod
17	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past	It	the cross					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cross=Patient
2	carve	past · perfect	he			the sand		near the sea; at low tide	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in sand=Destination

Option 4

It had been blessed by the old hermit

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 blessed	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blessed	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 blessed	aux:pass
4	blessed	bless	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 hermit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hermit	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hermit	amod
8	hermit	hermit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bless	past · perfect · passive	the old hermit	It					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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