Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him…

What undertaking did Owen fulfil in the wood before the castle episode?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Owen · What happens: undertake, fulfil · To what, where: wood

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 undertaking	obj
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 fulfil	advcl
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fulfil	aux
4	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fulfil	nsubj
5	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wood	det
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fulfil	obl
9	before	before	ADP	_	12 episode	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 episode	det
11	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 episode	compound
12	episode	episode	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fulfil	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fulfil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	gerund	Owen not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	fulfil	past · do-support	Owen			the wood	before the castle episode		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

He killed the wolf that blocked the lion from the castle gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 killed	nsubj
2	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 killed	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 blocked	nsubj
6	blocked	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wolf	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lion	det
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blocked	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 gate	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gate	det
11	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gate	compound
12	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past	He	the wolf					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme
2	block	past	the wolf		the lion	the castle gate			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer lion=Beneficiary from gate=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He slew the serpent that prevented the lion reaching the mound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 serpent	det
4	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slew	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 prevented	nsubj
6	prevented	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 serpent	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lion	det
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prevented	obj
9	reaching	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 lion	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mound	det
11	mound	mound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reaching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	slay	past	He	the serpent	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serpent=Patient
2	prevent	past	the serpent	the lion	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer lion=Theme
3	reach	gerund	the lion not said here	the mound	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mound=Theme

Option 3

He fought a giant and a serpent that prevented the lion from ever reaching the great mound

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fought	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 prevented	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 serpent	det
7	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 prevented	nsubj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 prevented	nsubj
9	prevented	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fought	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lion	det
11	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 prevented	obj
12	from	from	SCONJ	_	14 reaching	mark
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 reaching	advmod
14	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 prevented	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mound	det
16	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 mound	amod
17	mound	mound	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reaching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	fight	past	He	a giant		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Co-Agent
2	prevent	past	a serpent	the lion		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer lion=Theme
3	reach	gerund	a serpent not said here	the great mound	ever	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mound=Theme

Option 4

He rescued the lady from the cave in the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rescued	nsubj
2	rescued	rescue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescued	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 cave	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cave	det
7	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescued	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wood	det
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past	He	the lady		the cave		in the wood	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lady=Theme from cave=Source

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