Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56…

Account for the manner in which Bellah procured the garments in which she disguised herself, as set out in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bellah · What happens: procure, disguise, set out · To what, where: garments, manner, Bellah, passage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1331 «Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56: Bellah dresses as a young man, rides a magic horse, and turns the fairy into a toad» 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	Account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 manner	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 manner	det
4	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Account	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 procured	obl
7	Bellah	Bellah	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 procured	nsubj
8	procured	procure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 manner	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 garments	det
10	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 procured	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 disguised	obl
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 disguised	nsubj
14	disguised	disguise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 garments	acl:relcl
15	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 disguised	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 set	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 set	mark
18	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 disguised	conj
19	out	out	ADP	_	18 set	compound:prt
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 passage	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 passage	det
22	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 set	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Account	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	procure	past	Bellah	the garments	the manner		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Theme
2	disguise	past	Bellah	Bellah		in the garments	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent herself=Destination in which=Theme
3	set out	participle	Bellah not said here		the passage		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Made by the Groac'h from silk thread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 Groac'h	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Groac'h	det
4	Groac'h	Groac'h	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Made	obl:agent
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 thread	case
6	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thread	compound
7	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle				silk thread			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from thread=Material

Option 2

Bought from the market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 market	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 market	det
4	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	participle				the market			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from market=Source

Option 3

Given by the Groac'h from her golden chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 Groac'h	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Groac'h	det
4	Groac'h	Groac'h	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Given	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 chest	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 chest	nmod:poss
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 chest	amod
8	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle				her golden chest		by the Groac'h	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tailors made from red hairs, using cabbage leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tailors	tailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tailors	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 hairs	case
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hairs	amod
5	hairs	hair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 using	punct
7	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Tailors	appos
8	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leaves	compound
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		Tailors not said here		red hairs			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from hair=Material
2	use	gerund		cabbage leaves					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient

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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