Exam question 1 · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is hea…

Which group of men did Owen first encounter upon emerging from his period of solitude, and what was their stated objective?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Owen first encounter · What happens: emerge, state, be · To what, where: period, stated objective

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1326 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is healed by a widowed countess and rides out to fight the earl who wants her lands» 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 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 encounter	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 men	case
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 group	nmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 encounter	aux
6	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 encounter	compound
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 encounter	amod
8	encounter	encounter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 emerging	mark
10	emerging	emerge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 encounter	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 period	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 period	nmod:poss
13	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 emerging	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 solitude	case
15	solitude	solitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 period	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 objective	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 objective	cc
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 objective	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 objective	cop
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 objective	nmod:poss
21	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 objective	amod
22	objective	objective	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 encounter	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 encounter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	emerge	gerund	Owen first encounter and encounter's stated objective not said here		group's period of solitude	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from period=Initial_Location
2	state speech: other	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	Owen first encounter and encounter's stated objective	encounter's stated objective		tree rules

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 right answer

The earl and his host, whose object was the abduction of the countess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 earl	det
2	earl	earl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 abduction	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 host	cc
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 host	nmod:poss
5	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 earl	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 object	punct
7	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	8 object	nmod:poss
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 host	appos
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 abduction	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 abduction	det
11	abduction	abduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 countess	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 countess	det
14	countess	countess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 abduction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the earl and his host	the abduction				of the countess	tree rules

Option 2

A band of thieves seeking gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 band	det
2	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 thieves	case
4	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 band	nmod
5	seeking	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 thieves	acl
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seeking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	gerund	thieves not said here	gold					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

Option 3

The earl and his host, whose aim was to win her favour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 earl	det
2	earl	earl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 was	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 host	cc
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 host	nmod:poss
5	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 earl	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 aim	punct
7	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	8 aim	nmod:poss
8	aim	aim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 host	conj
9	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 win	mark
11	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 was	xcomp
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 favour	nmod:poss
13	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	be	past	the earl and his host and his host and aim's aim		tree rules
2	win	to-infinitive	the earl and his host and his host and aim's aim not said here	her favour	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Eventuality
3	aim		his host and his host and aim's aim		nom aim «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
4	favour		her = she		nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The king's guards and their aim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guards	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 aim	cc
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 aim	nmod:poss
7	aim	aim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guards	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aim		guards = guard						nom aim «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

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