Exam question 1 · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats…

Which action did Owen perform upon the knight immediately before the knight's flight?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: perform

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1325 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats the black knight and gets trapped in a drawbridge» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 perform	aux
4	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 knight	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 knight	det
8	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
9	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	5 perform	advmod
10	before	before	ADP	_	14 flight	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 knight	det
12	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flight	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 knight	case
14	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past · do-support	which action				before the knight's flight	upon the knight; immediately property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: 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

He delivered a blow that pierced the knight's skull before the drawbridge rose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 delivered	nsubj
2	delivered	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 blow	det
4	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delivered	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 pierced	nsubj
6	pierced	pierce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blow	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 knight	det
8	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skull	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 knight	case
10	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pierced	obj
11	before	before	ADP	_	14 rose	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rose	det
13	drawbridge	drawbridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rose	compound
14	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pierced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	past	He	a blow					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient
2	pierce	past	a blow	the knight's skull			before the drawbridge rose		vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skull=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He delivered a blow that pierced the knight's skull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 delivered	nsubj
2	delivered	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 blow	det
4	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delivered	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 pierced	nsubj
6	pierced	pierce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blow	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 knight	det
8	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skull	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 knight	case
10	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pierced	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	past	He	a blow					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient
2	pierce	past	a blow	the knight's skull					vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skull=Patient

Option 3

He delivered a blow that pierced the knight's skull and split his helmet in two

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 delivered	nsubj
2	delivered	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 blow	det
4	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delivered	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 pierced	nsubj
6	pierced	pierce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blow	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 knight	det
8	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skull	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 knight	case
10	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pierced	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 split	cc
12	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 delivered	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 helmet	nmod:poss
14	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 split	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 two	case
16	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 split	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	deliver	past	He	a blow		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient
2	pierce	past	a blow	the knight's skull		vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skull=Patient
3	split	past	He not said here	his helmet	two	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He struck the knight's helmet and fell back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knight	det
4	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 helmet	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 knight	case
6	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fell	cc
8	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 struck	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 fell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	the knight's helmet					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient
2	fall back	past	He not said here						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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