Exam question 2 · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is hea…

State the manner in which the countess provided assistance to Owen, and the reason she gave for doing so.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, countess · What happens: state, provide, give, do · To what, where: manner, assistance, Owen, reason

This is exam question 2 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 provided	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 countess	det
7	countess	countess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 provided	nsubj
8	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
9	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 provided	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Owen	case
11	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 provided	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 reason	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 reason	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 reason	det
15	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	parataxis
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 gave	nsubj
17	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 reason	acl:relcl
18	for	for	SCONJ	_	19 doing	mark
19	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 gave	advcl
20	so	so	ADV	_	19 doing	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	provide	past	the countess	assistance	Owen	the manner	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme to owen=Recipient
3	give	past	countess	the reason not said here			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
4	do	gerund	countess not said here				vn act-114-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

She bestowed a horse and armour upon him, in the hope that they might prevent her enemies from prevailing

The tree, 19 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 bestowed	nsubj
2	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bestowed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 armour	cc
6	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 horse	conj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bestowed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hope	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 hope	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hope	det
12	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bestowed	obl
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 prevent	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 prevent	nsubj
15	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 prevent	aux
16	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 hope	acl
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 enemies	nmod:poss
18	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 prevent	obj
19	from	from	SCONJ	_	20 prevailing	mark
20	prevailing	prevail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 prevent	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	bestow	past	She	a horse and armour	the hope	upon him = he	tree rules
2	prevent	might	horse	her enemies			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer enemy=Theme
3	prevail	gerund	horse not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She gave him a sword and cloak, hoping they'd keep him safe from her enemies

The tree, 16 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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sword	det
5	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cloak	cc
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sword	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hoping	punct
9	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 gave	advcl
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keep	nsubj
11	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 keep	aux
12	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 hoping	ccomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keep	obj
14	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 keep	xcomp
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 enemies	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 enemies	nmod:poss
17	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	past	She	a sword and cloak	him = he			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sword=Theme
2	hope	gerund	She not said here					vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	keep	would	sword		him = he	her enemies	safe property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary from enemy=Eventuality

Option 3

She bestowed a horse and armour upon him, in the hope that they might prevent her sons from prevailing

The tree, 19 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 bestowed	nsubj
2	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bestowed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 armour	cc
6	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 horse	conj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bestowed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hope	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 hope	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hope	det
12	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bestowed	obl
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 prevent	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 prevent	nsubj
15	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 prevent	aux
16	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 hope	acl
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 sons	nmod:poss
18	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 prevent	obj
19	from	from	SCONJ	_	20 prevailing	mark
20	prevailing	prevail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 prevent	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	bestow	past	She	a horse and armour	the hope	upon him = he	tree rules
2	prevent	might	horse	her sons			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer son=Theme
3	prevail	gerund	horse not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She lent him a horse and armour, so that he could hunt deer in the forest

The tree, 16 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 lent	nsubj
2	lent	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lent	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lent	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 armour	cc
7	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 horse	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hunt	punct
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 hunt	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hunt	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hunt	aux
13	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lent	parataxis
14	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hunt	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 forest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 forest	det
17	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	past	She	a horse and armour	him = he				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme
2	hunt	could	he	deer		the forest			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent deer=Theme in forest=Location

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