Exam question 4 · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats…

Which ruse did Luned employ in order to obtain a champion for the countess?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ruse · What happens: employ, obtain · To what, where: champion

This is exam question 4 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 ruse	det
2	ruse	ruse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 employ	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 employ	aux
4	Luned	Luned	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 employ	nsubj
5	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 obtain	mark
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 obtain	mark
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 employ	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 champion	det
11	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtain	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 countess	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 countess	det
14	countess	countess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtain	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 employ	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	past · do-support	which ruse						vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	obtain	to-infinitive	which ruse not said here	a champion				for the countess	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent champion=Theme for countess=Asset

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

She pretended to visit the chapel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 visit	mark
4	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pretended	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chapel	det
6	chapel	chapel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 visit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	past	She						tree rules
2	visit	to-infinitive	She not said here	the chapel					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chapel=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She feigned a journey to Arthur's court and hid in the woods for hours

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feigned	nsubj
2	feigned	feign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 journey	det
4	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feigned	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 court	case
6	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 court	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Arthur	case
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feigned	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hid	cc
10	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 feigned	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 woods	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 woods	det
13	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hid	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 hours	case
15	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feign	past	She	a journey				to Arthur's court	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Patient
2	hide	past	She not said here			the woods	hour		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location

Option 3

She pretended a stay at the abbey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stay	det
4	stay	stay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pretended	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 abbey	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 abbey	det
7	abbey	abbey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pretended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	past	She	a stay		the abbey			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She feigned a journey to Arthur's court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feigned	nsubj
2	feigned	feign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 journey	det
4	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feigned	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 court	case
6	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 court	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Arthur	case
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feigned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feign	past	She	a journey				to Arthur's court	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Patient

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