Exam question 4 · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is hea…
Identify the period during which Owen remained in the castle of the widowed countess before he resumed his enterprise.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Owen · What happens: identify, remain, widow, resume · To what, where: period, castle, enterprise
This is exam question 4 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 period | det |
| 3 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | during | during | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 remained | obl |
| 6 | Owen | Owen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 remained | nsubj |
| 7 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Identify | parataxis |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 castle | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 castle | det |
| 10 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 remained | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 countess | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 countess | det |
| 13 | widowed | widow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 countess | amod |
| 14 | countess | countess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 castle | nmod |
| 15 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 17 resumed | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 resumed | nsubj |
| 17 | resumed | resume | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 remained | advcl |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 enterprise | nmod:poss |
| 19 | enterprise | enterprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 resumed | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the period | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent period=Theme | ||||
| 2 | remain | past | Owen | the castle of the widowed countess | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location | ||||
| 3 | widow | participle | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | resume | past | Owen | Owen's enterprise | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enterprise=Eventuality |
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
A period of three months spent recovering in the castle before resuming his quest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 period | det |
| 2 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spent | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 months | case |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 months | nummod |
| 5 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 period | nmod |
| 6 | spent | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | recovering | recover | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 spent | advcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 castle | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 castle | det |
| 10 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 recovering | obl |
| 11 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 12 resuming | mark |
| 12 | resuming | resume | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 recovering | advcl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 quest | nmod:poss |
| 14 | quest | quest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 resuming | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | past | a period of three months | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | recover | gerund | a period of three months not said here | the castle | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | resume | gerund | a period of three months not said here | period's quest | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quest=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | quest | period | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
A period of three months during which he was tended by the countess's maidens and her physicians
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 period | det |
| 2 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tended | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 months | case |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 months | nummod |
| 5 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 period | nmod |
| 6 | during | during | ADP | _ | 7 which | case |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 tended | obl |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 tended | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 tended | aux:pass |
| 10 | tended | tend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 maidens | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 countess | det |
| 13 | countess | countess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 maidens | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 countess | case |
| 15 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 tended | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 physicians | cc |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 physicians | nmod:poss |
| 18 | physicians | physician | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 maidens | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tend | past · passive | the countess's maidens and her physicians | a period of three months | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3
A period of four months
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 period | det |
| 2 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 months | case |
| 4 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 months | nummod |
| 5 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 period | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A period of three months
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 period | det |
| 2 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 months | case |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 months | nummod |
| 5 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 period | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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