Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the Mouse, part 1: Pryde…

Specify the craft to which Manawyddan and his companions turned after the shield-makers' enmity.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Manawyddan · What happens: specify, turn · To what, where: craft

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1332 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the Mouse, part 1: Pryderi's hands stick to a golden bowl» 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 craft	det
3	craft	craft	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 turned	obl
6	Manawyddan	Manawyddan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 turned	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 companions	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 companions	nmod:poss
9	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Manawyddan	conj
10	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 craft	acl:relcl
11	after	after	ADP	_	17 enmity	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 makers	det
13	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 makers	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 shield	punct
15	makers	maker	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 enmity	nmod:poss
16	'	's	PART	_	15 makers	case
17	enmity	enmity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the craft					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent craft=Theme
2	turn	past	Manawyddan and his companions			the craft	after the shield makers's enmity		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to which=Trajectory

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 making of saddles and fine leather goods for the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 making	det
2	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 saddles	case
4	saddles	saddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 making	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 goods	cc
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 goods	amod
7	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goods	compound
8	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 making	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 court	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 court	det
11	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 making	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make		saddles					for the court	nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent for=obl

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the making of shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 making	det
2	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 shoes	case
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 making	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make		shoes						nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

the craft of boats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 craft	det
2	craft	craft	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 boats	case
4	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 craft	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	craft			boats					nom craft «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

the making of gold shoes and boots for the lords of the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 making	det
2	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 shoes	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shoes	compound
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 making	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 boots	cc
7	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shoes	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 lords	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lords	det
10	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 making	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 land	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 land	det
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lords	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make		gold shoes and boots					for the lords of the land	nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent for=obl

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