Exam question 3 · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is hea…

Describe the means by which the maiden determined that Owen was living after he had been found beside the lake.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, maiden, Owen · What happens: describe, mean, determine, live, find · To what, where: Owen, lake · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 determined	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maiden	det
7	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 determined	nsubj
8	determined	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 living	mark
10	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 living	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 living	aux
12	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 determined	ccomp
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 found	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 found	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 found	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 found	aux:pass
17	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 living	advcl
18	beside	beside	ADP	_	20 lake	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 lake	det
20	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 found	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	determine	past	the maiden			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	live	past · progressive	Owen			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	find	past · perfect · passive		Owen	the lake	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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 listened for his breath

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 listened	nsubj
2	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 breath	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 breath	nmod:poss
5	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	She					for his breath	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for breath=Theme

Option 2

She called his name and waited for a sign

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 name	nmod:poss
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 waited	cc
6	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 sign	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sign	det
9	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	past	She	his name		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
2	wait	past	She not said here		for a sign	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	name		his = he			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She shook him and watched whether he woke

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 shook	nsubj
2	shook	shake	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 shook	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 watched	cc
5	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shook	conj
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 woke	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 woke	nsubj
8	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 watched	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shake	past	She	him = he	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	watch	past	She not said here		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3	wake	past	he		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She poured ointment near his heart and observed whether he moved

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 poured	nsubj
2	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poured	obj
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 heart	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heart	nmod:poss
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poured	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 observed	cc
8	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 poured	conj
9	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	11 moved	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 moved	nsubj
11	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 observed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pour	past	She	ointment	his heart	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ointment=Patient
2	observe	past	She not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	move	past	he			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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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