Exam question 2 · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady…

Which of the following accurately states the condition under which the Black Bull's companion could be identified as victorious?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, state, identify · To what, where: condition, companion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1502 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady's wanderings and the Red Etin's beginning: the lady wins the knight back and the Red Etin's tale starts» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 condition	det
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	under	under	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 identified	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Bull	det
12	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Bull	compound
13	Bull	Bull	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 companion	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Bull	case
15	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 identified	nsubj:pass
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 identified	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 identified	aux:pass
18	identified	identify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 condition	acl:relcl
19	as	as	ADP	_	20 victorious	case
20	victorious	victorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 identified	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the condition		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
3	identify	could · passive	the Black Bull's companion	the condition	as victorious	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as victorious=Attribute

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

All around her must turn green and white

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	ADV	_	5 turn	advmod
2	around	around	ADP	_	3 her	case
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 turn	obl
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	aux
5	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turn	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 white	cc
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 green	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	must						around her = she; all, green property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around she=Trajectory

Option 2

Everything surrounding her must turn blue, and the bull must be seen to have fought the devil in the glen

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 turn	nsubj
2	surrounding	surround	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Everything	acl
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 surrounding	obj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	aux
5	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turn	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 seen	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 seen	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bull	det
10	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 seen	nsubj:pass
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 seen	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 seen	aux:pass
13	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 turn	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	16 fought	mark
15	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 fought	aux
16	fought	fight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 seen	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 devil	det
18	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fought	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 glen	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 glen	det
21	glen	glen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	surround	gerund		her = she			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme
2	turn	must	Everything			blue property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	see	must · passive		the bull			tree rules
4	fight	to-infinitive · perfect	the bull not said here	the devil	the glen		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent devil=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Everything surrounding her must turn blue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 turn	nsubj
2	surrounding	surround	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Everything	acl
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 surrounding	obj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	aux
5	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turn	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surround	gerund		her = she					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme
2	turn	must	Everything					blue property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Everything surrounding her must turn blue before the seventh night falls upon the castle wall at dusk

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 turn	nsubj
2	surrounding	surround	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Everything	acl
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 surrounding	obj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	aux
5	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turn	xcomp
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 falls	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 night	det
9	seventh	seventh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 night	amod
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 falls	nsubj
11	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	advcl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 wall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wall	det
14	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wall	compound
15	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 falls	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 dusk	case
17	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 falls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surround	gerund		her = she				vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme
2	turn	must	Everything				blue property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	fall	present	the seventh night		the castle wall	dusk		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon wall=Location

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