Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Pero…

Which siege is described in the first part of this passage, and what remedy does the protagonist employ to restore the fallen soldier?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: remedy · What happens: describe, do, restore, fall · To what, where: siege, first part, protagonist employ, fallen soldier

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1321 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Peronnik saves Nantes with the magic bowl, then a king's son wins a bundle and a giant's bargain» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 siege	det
2	siege	siege	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 described	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 described	aux:pass
4	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 part	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 part	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 part	amod
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 described	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 passage	case
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 passage	det
11	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 what	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 what	cc
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 described	obl
15	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 does	nsubj
16	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 what	acl:relcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 employ	det
18	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 employ	compound
19	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 does	obj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 restore	mark
21	restore	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 employ	acl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 soldier	det
23	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 soldier	amod
24	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 restore	obj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	present · passive		which siege	the first part of this passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
2	do	present	remedy	the protagonist employ		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality
3	restore	to-infinitive	remedy not said here	the fallen soldier		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme
4	fall	participle				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

The French siege, revived with a magic bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 siege	det
2	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 siege	amod
3	siege	siege	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 revived	punct
5	revived	revive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 siege	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 bowl	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bowl	det
8	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bowl	compound
9	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 revived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revive	participle		the French siege not said here				with a magic bowl	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with bowl=Instrument

Option 2

The siege of Nantes by the French, with the fallen soldier revived through the magic bowl's power

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 siege	det
2	siege	siege	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Nantes	case
4	Nantes	Nantes	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 siege	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 French	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 French	det
7	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 siege	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 soldier	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 soldier	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 soldier	det
11	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 soldier	amod
12	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 siege	appos
13	revived	revive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 soldier	acl
14	through	through	ADP	_	19 power	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bowl	det
16	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bowl	compound
17	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 power	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 bowl	case
19	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 revived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	participle							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	revive	participle		the fallen soldier not said here		the magic bowl's power			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The siege of Nantes, in which the protagonist revived the soldier using a golden bowl and a lance

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 siege	det
2	siege	siege	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 revived	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Nantes	case
4	Nantes	Nantes	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 siege	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 revived	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 revived	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 protagonist	det
9	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 revived	nsubj
10	revived	revive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 soldier	det
12	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 revived	obj
13	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 revived	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bowl	det
15	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bowl	amod
16	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 using	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 lance	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 lance	det
19	lance	lance	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bowl	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revive	past	the siege of Nantes	the soldier					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent soldier=Patient
2	use	gerund	the siege of Nantes not said here	a golden bowl and a lance					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The siege of Nantes, restored by the golden bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 siege	det
2	siege	siege	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Nantes	case
4	Nantes	Nantes	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 siege	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 restored	punct
6	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 siege	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 bowl	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bowl	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bowl	amod
10	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	participle		the siege of Nantes not said here				by the golden bowl	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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