Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lady of the Fountain, part 49: Kyn…

By what means did the black guardian of the wood announce his power over the beasts?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: black guardian · What happens: mean, do, announce · To what, where: black guardian, power, beasts · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1324 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lady of the Fountain, part 49: Kynon meets the black giant and the fountain storm» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guardian	det
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 guardian	amod
7	guardian	guardian	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wood	det
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 announce	obl
11	announce	announce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 guardian	acl:relcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 power	nmod:poss
13	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 announce	obj
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 beasts	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 beasts	det
16	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 announce	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		the black guardian			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guardian=Eventuality
3	announce speech: other	infinitive	the black guardian not said here	his power	the beasts	of the wood	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=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

By hurling his iron club at the stag's head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 hurling	mark
2	hurling	hurl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 club	nmod:poss
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 club	compound
5	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurling	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	10 head	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stag	det
8	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 head	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 stag	case
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	gerund		his iron club		the stag's head			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent club=Theme at head=Destination

Option 2

By raising his iron club

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 raising	mark
2	raising	raise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 club	nmod:poss
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 club	compound
5	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raising	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	gerund		his iron club					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

By blowing a horn that echoed through the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 blowing	mark
2	blowing	blow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horn	det
4	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blowing	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 echoed	nsubj
6	echoed	echo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 horn	acl:relcl
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 wood	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wood	det
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 echoed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	gerund		a horn					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient
2	echo	past	a horn			the wood			vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By striking a stag on the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 striking	mark
2	striking	strike	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stag	det
4	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 striking	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 head	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 striking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	gerund		a stag				on the head	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent stag=Instrument on head=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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