Exam question 4 · West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the thre…

With reference to the passage, what was the consequence for those captured by the Knight of the Glen?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage · What happens: be, capture · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 consequence	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 consequence	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 consequence	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 consequence	det
10	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 those	case
12	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	10 consequence	nmod
13	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 consequence	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 Knight	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Knight	det
16	Knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 captured	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 Glen	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Glen	det
19	Glen	Glen	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Knight	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the passage and the consequence	the consequence				for those	tree rules
2	capture	participle		the consequence not said here				by the Knight of the Glen	vn steal-10.5-1 «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

They were sent to a cold dungeon in chains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 dungeon	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dungeon	det
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dungeon	amod
7	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 chains	case
9	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		They		chains		to a cold dungeon	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to dungeon=Destination

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

They were boiled in a red-hot fiery furnace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 boiled	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 boiled	aux:pass
3	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	10 furnace	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 furnace	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 furnace	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 red	punct
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 furnace	amod
9	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 furnace	amod
10	furnace	furnace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boiled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	past · passive		They				in a red hot fiery furnace	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in furnace=Instrument

Option 3

They were boiled in a red-hot fiery furnace that burned all night long

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 boiled	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 boiled	aux:pass
3	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	10 furnace	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 furnace	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 furnace	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 red	punct
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 furnace	amod
9	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 furnace	amod
10	furnace	furnace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boiled	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 burned	nsubj
12	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 furnace	acl:relcl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 burned	obl:unmarked
15	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 burned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	past · passive		They				in a red hot fiery furnace	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in furnace=Instrument
2	burn	past	a red hot fiery furnace				night	long property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They were hanged from the walls at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hanged	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hanged	aux:pass
3	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 walls	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 walls	det
6	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hanged	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dawn	case
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hanged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hange	past · passive		They		the walls	dawn		tree rules

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