Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Pero…

Which two tales are conjoined in this passage, and in which respect does the second tale depart from the first?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: tale, conjoin, depart · To what, where: two tales, passage, first

This is exam question 4 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 tales	nsubj
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 tales	nummod
3	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 conjoined	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 conjoined	aux:pass
5	conjoined	conjoin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 passage	case
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 passage	det
8	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conjoined	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 does	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 does	cc
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	13 respect	det
13	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 does	nsubj
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 depart	nsubj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tale	det
16	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 tale	amod
17	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 does	obj
18	depart	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 conjoined	parataxis
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 first	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 first	det
21	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 depart	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 conjoined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	tale				tree rules
2	conjoin	present · passive	two tales	this passage	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	depart	present		the first	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from first=Initial_Location

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 right answer

Peronnik the Fool and The Battle of the Birds, which opens with a fantastical animal narrative

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peronnik	Peronnik	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Fool	det
3	Fool	Fool	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Peronnik	appos
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Battle	cc
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Battle	det
6	Battle	Battle	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Peronnik	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Birds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Birds	det
9	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Battle	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 opens	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 opens	nsubj
12	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Battle	parataxis
13	with	with	ADP	_	17 narrative	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 narrative	det
15	fantastical	fantastical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 narrative	amod
16	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 narrative	compound
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 opens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	the Battle of the Birds					with a fantastical animal narrative	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Peronnik the Fool and The Battle of the Birds, followed by a tale of a giant and a bargain for a child

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peronnik	Peronnik	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Fool	det
3	Fool	Fool	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Peronnik	appos
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Battle	cc
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Battle	det
6	Battle	Battle	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Peronnik	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Birds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Birds	det
9	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Battle	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 followed	punct
11	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 Birds	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 tale	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tale	det
14	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 followed	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	20 bargain	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 bargain	det
17	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 bargain	amod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 bargain	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 bargain	det
20	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tale	nmod
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 child	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 child	det
23	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 bargain	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		the Birds not said here				by a tale of a giant bargain for a child	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by tale=Location
2	tell		a giant bargain for a child						nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The Giant's Castle, which begins with a warrior's siege

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Castle	det
2	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Castle	amod
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Giant	case
4	Castle	Castle	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 begins	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 begins	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 begins	nsubj
7	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 siege	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 warrior	det
10	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 siege	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 warrior	case
12	siege	siege	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 begins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	present	the Giant Castle					with a warrior's siege	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with siege=Subeventuality

Option 4

Peronnik the Fool and the Golden Bowl, which opens with a siege of a city

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peronnik	Peronnik	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 opens	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Fool	det
3	Fool	Fool	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Peronnik	appos
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Bowl	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Bowl	det
6	Golden	Golden	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Bowl	compound
7	Bowl	Bowl	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Peronnik	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 opens	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 opens	nsubj
10	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 siege	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 siege	det
13	siege	siege	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 opens	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 city	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 city	det
16	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 siege	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	Peronnik and the Golden Bowl					with a siege of a city	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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