Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the Mouse, part 1: Pryde…

Describe the action taken by Rhiannon upon learning of Pryderi's misfortune.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, take · To what, where: action

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 action	det
3	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 action	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Rhiannon	case
6	Rhiannon	Rhiannon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 learning	case
8	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 misfortune	case
10	Pryderi	Pryderi	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 misfortune	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Pryderi	case
12	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 learning	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
2	take	participle		the action not said here				by Rhiannon; upon learning of Pryderi's misfortune	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

she rode to the castle hall through the wide meadow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 hall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hall	det
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hall	compound
6	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
7	through	through	ADP	_	10 meadow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 meadow	det
9	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 meadow	amod
10	meadow	meadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	she			the wide meadow		to the castle hall	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to hall=Trajectory

Option 2

she went to the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 castle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 castle	det
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	she			the castle			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

she proceeded to the castle through the open gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proceeded	nsubj
2	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 castle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 castle	det
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proceeded	obl
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 gate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gate	amod
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proceeded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	past	she			the open gate		to the castle	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

she sent her men ahead to search for the boy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 men	nmod:poss
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sent	obj
5	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	2 sent	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 search	mark
7	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 boy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boy	det
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	she	her men				ahead property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
2	search	to-infinitive	she not said here					for the boy	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for boy=Theme

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