Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the pri…

With reference to the passage, state the first of the three tasks imposed upon the prince by the giant.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, impose · To what, where: first, three tasks

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1322 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the prince and the giant's daughter escape on the blue-grey mare» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 first	det
9	first	first	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 state	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 tasks	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tasks	det
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 tasks	nummod
13	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 first	nmod
14	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 tasks	acl
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 prince	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 prince	det
17	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 imposed	obl
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 giant	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 giant	det
20	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 imposed	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the first of the three tasks				with reference to the passage	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent first=Topic
2	impose	participle		the three tasks not said here				upon the prince; by the giant	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: 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 gathering of two blackbirds from the moor at the hour of midday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gathering	det
2	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 blackbirds	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 blackbirds	nummod
5	blackbirds	blackbird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gathering	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 moor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moor	det
8	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blackbirds	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 hour	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hour	det
11	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 moor	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 midday	case
13	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hour	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the cleaning of the byre so that a golden apple may roll through it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cleaning	det
2	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 byre	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 byre	det
5	byre	byre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleaning	nmod
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 roll	mark
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 roll	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 apple	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 apple	amod
10	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roll	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 roll	aux
12	roll	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cleaning	acl
13	through	through	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 roll	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	may	a golden apple	the cleaning of the byre not said here		byre			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cleaning=Theme through it=Trajectory
2	clean		the byre						nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

the cleaning of the byre so that a golden apple may roll through it from door to door before nightfall

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cleaning	det
2	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roll	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 byre	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 byre	det
5	byre	byre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleaning	nmod
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 roll	mark
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 roll	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 apple	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 apple	amod
10	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roll	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 roll	aux
12	roll	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	through	through	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 roll	obl
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 door	case
16	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roll	obl
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 door	case
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roll	obl
19	before	before	ADP	_	20 nightfall	case
20	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roll	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	may	the cleaning of the byre			apple	before nightfall	from door; to door	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme through it=Source from door=Trajectory to door=Destination
2	clean		the byre						nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

the cleaning of the byre, which had not been swept in a hundred years, so that a golden apple may roll through it

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cleaning	det
2	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 byre	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 byre	det
5	byre	byre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleaning	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 swept	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 swept	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 swept	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 swept	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 swept	aux:pass
11	swept	sweep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cleaning	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 years	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 hundred	det
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 years	nummod
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 swept	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 roll	punct
17	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	23 roll	mark
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 so	fixed
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 apple	det
20	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 apple	amod
21	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 roll	nsubj
22	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 roll	aux
23	roll	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 swept	advcl
24	through	through	ADP	_	25 it	case
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 roll	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	not sweep	past · perfect · passive		the cleaning of the byre		year	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory
2	roll	may	a golden apple		byre		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Trajectory
3	clean		the byre				nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent

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