Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the Mouse, part 1: Pryde…

State the manner in which the four companions were first separated in the green place.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, separate · To what, where: manner, four companions

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 separated	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 companions	det
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 companions	nummod
8	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 separated	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 separated	aux:pass
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 separated	advmod
11	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 place	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 place	det
14	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 place	amod
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 separated	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	separate	past · passive		the four companions		the manner		in the green place; first property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in which=Goal

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

by a river of ice and mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 river	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 river	det
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 ice	case
5	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 river	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 mud	cc
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 river	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

by a wall of mist and thunder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 wall	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wall	det
3	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 mist	case
5	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wall	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 thunder	cc
7	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wall	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

by a curtain of thick fog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 curtain	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 curtain	det
3	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 fog	case
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fog	amod
6	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 curtain	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

by a huge river that rose and broke the bridge in two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	4 river	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 river	det
3	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 river	amod
4	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rose	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 rose	nsubj
6	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 broke	cc
8	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rose	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bridge	det
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 broke	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 two	case
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	that					by a huge river	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by river=Location
2	break	past	that not said here	the bridge		two			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bridge=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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