Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Ir…

Which of the following correctly states the period for which the Irishman was required to remain in the little room?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, state, require, remain · To what, where: period, Irishman, little room

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» 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	correctly	correctly	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 period	det
8	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 required	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Irishman	det
12	Irishman	Irishman	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 required	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 required	aux:pass
14	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 period	appos
15	to	to	PART	_	16 remain	mark
16	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 required	xcomp
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 room	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 room	det
19	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 room	amod
20	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 remain	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 period		correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent period=Topic
3	require	past · passive	the Irishman		for the period	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
4	remain	to-infinitive		the little room		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

Three consecutive nights, from ten o'clock until midnight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 nights	nummod
2	consecutive	consecutive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nights	amod
3	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 o'clock	punct
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 o'clock	case
6	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 o'clock	nummod
7	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nights	conj
8	until	until	ADP	_	9 midnight	case
9	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 o'clock	nmod

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

Option 2

Every night for three consecutive weeks, from ten o'clock in the evening until well past midnight

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 night	det
2	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 weeks	case
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 weeks	nummod
5	consecutive	consecutive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 weeks	amod
6	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 night	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 o'clock	punct
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 o'clock	case
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 o'clock	nummod
10	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 night	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 evening	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 evening	det
13	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 o'clock	nmod
14	until	until	ADP	_	17 midnight	case
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 midnight	advmod
16	past	past	ADP	_	17 midnight	case
17	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 night	nmod

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

Option 3

Three weeks, from sunset until the stroke of morning bells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 weeks	nummod
2	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sunset	punct
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 sunset	case
5	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weeks	nmod
6	until	until	ADP	_	8 stroke	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stroke	det
8	stroke	stroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sunset	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 bells	case
10	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bells	compound
11	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stroke	nmod

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

Option 4

Three nights, from dusk until the cock crows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 nights	nummod
2	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dusk	punct
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 dusk	case
5	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nights	appos
6	until	until	ADP	_	9 crows	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crows	det
8	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 crows	compound
9	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dusk	nmod

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

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