Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool, part 44: Peronnik s…

Which of the following was the means by which the youth lured the colt from its path?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, youth · What happens: follow, be, lure · To what, where: colt, path · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1319 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool, part 44: Peronnik snares the korigan and rides off» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 means	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	parataxis
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 lured	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 youth	det
11	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lured	nsubj
12	lured	lure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 means	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 colt	det
14	colt	colt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lured	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 path	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 path	nmod:poss
17	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lured	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the			mean property	tree rules
3	lure	past	the youth	the colt	youth's path		vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colt=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 · ← Mova's choice

a bread bait rubbed with bacon fat and salt and herbs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bait	det
2	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bait	compound
3	bait	bait	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bait	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 fat	case
6	bacon	bacon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fat	compound
7	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rubbed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 salt	cc
9	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fat	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 herbs	cc
11	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	participle		a bread bait not said here				with bacon fat and salt and herbs	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fat=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a bread bait rubbed with bacon fat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bait	det
2	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bait	compound
3	bait	bait	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bait	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 fat	case
6	bacon	bacon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fat	compound
7	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rubbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	participle		a bread bait not said here				with bacon fat	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fat=Theme

Option 3

a loaf of bread soaked in beer and wrapped in cloth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 loaf	det
2	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bread	case
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loaf	nmod
5	soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 loaf	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 beer	case
7	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 soaked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wrapped	cc
9	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 soaked	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 cloth	case
11	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak	participle		a loaf of bread not said here				in beer	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in beer=Theme
2	wrap	participle				cloth			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cloth=Destination

Option 4

a loaf dipped in fresh milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 loaf	det
2	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	dipped	dip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 loaf	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 milk	case
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 milk	amod
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dip	participle		a loaf not said here				in fresh milk	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in milk=Attribute

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