Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him…
Which action secured the release of Luned from her captors?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: secure · To what, where: release, captors
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1327 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him win Luned back from the giant and the captors» 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 action | det |
| 2 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 secured | nsubj |
| 3 | secured | secure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 release | det |
| 5 | release | release | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 secured | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Luned | case |
| 7 | Luned | Luned | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 release | nmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 captors | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 captors | nmod:poss |
| 10 | captors | captor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 secured | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 secured | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | secure | past | which action | the release of Luned | action's captors | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from captor=Source |
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
Owen offered himself in her place and the lion slew the youths
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owen | Owen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 offered | nsubj |
| 2 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 offered | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 place | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 place | nmod:poss |
| 6 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 offered | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 slew | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lion | det |
| 9 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 slew | nsubj |
| 10 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 offered | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 youths | det |
| 12 | youths | youth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 slew | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | Owen | Owen | her place | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | |||
| 2 | slay | past | the lion | the youths | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Patient |
Option 2
Owen bargained with the youths and the lion fled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owen | Owen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 bargained | nsubj |
| 2 | bargained | bargain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 youths | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 youths | det |
| 5 | youths | youth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bargained | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fled | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lion | det |
| 8 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fled | nsubj |
| 9 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bargained | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bargain | past | Owen | with the youths | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with youth=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | flee | past | the lion | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The earl gave Owen his gold and the lion helped
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 | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Owen | Owen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | iobj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 gold | nmod:poss |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 helped | nsubj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 lion | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lion | det |
| 9 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gold | conj |
| 10 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gave | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the earl | Owen | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owen=Theme | ||||
| 2 | help | past | earl's gold and the lion | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Owen gave his own life for Luned while the lion killed all the youths
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owen | Owen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | 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 | 5 life | nmod:poss |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 life | amod |
| 5 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 Luned | case |
| 7 | Luned | Luned | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obl |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 11 killed | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lion | det |
| 10 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 killed | nsubj |
| 11 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 gave | advcl |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 youths | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 youths | det |
| 14 | youths | youth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 killed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | Owen | Owen's own life | for Luned | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Theme for luned=Asset | |||
| 2 | kill | past | the lion | all youths | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme |
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