Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Ir…

Which of the following correctly describes the remedy the Princess applied to the Irishman after each ordeal?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: follow, describe, apply · To what, where: remedy

This is exam question 2 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 remedy	det
8	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Princess	det
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 applied	nsubj
11	applied	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 remedy	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 Irishman	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Irishman	det
14	Irishman	irishman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applied	obl
15	after	after	ADP	_	17 ordeal	case
16	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	17 ordeal	det
17	ordeal	ordeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applied	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the remedy		correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent remedy=Theme
3	apply	past	the Princess	the remedy not said here	after each ordeal	to the Irishman	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remedy=Theme

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

Rubbing him all over with a healing salve kept in a bottle, then carrying him to a bed upstairs and leaving him to recover

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Rubbing	obj
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 over	advmod
4	over	over	ADV	_	1 Rubbing	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 salve	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 salve	det
7	healing	healing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 salve	compound
8	salve	salve	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rubbing	obl
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 salve	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 bottle	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bottle	det
12	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 carrying	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 carrying	advmod
15	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Rubbing	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 carrying	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 bed	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 bed	det
19	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carrying	obl
20	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	_	15 carrying	advmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 leaving	cc
22	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Rubbing	conj
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 leaving	obj
24	to	to	PART	_	25 recover	mark
25	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 leaving	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund			him = he			with a healing salve; over property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with salve=Theme
2	keep	participle		a healing salve not said here		a bottle			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bottle=Location
3	carry	gerund		him = he		a bed	then	upstairs property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bed=Destination
4	leave	gerund		him = he					tree rules
5	recover	to-infinitive	him = he not said here						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Pressing a warm cloth against his bruised back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pressing	press	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cloth	det
3	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cloth	amod
4	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pressing	obj
5	against	against	SCONJ	_	7 bruised	mark
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bruised	nmod:poss
7	bruised	bruise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Pressing	advcl
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 bruised	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	gerund		a warm cloth					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme
2	bruise back	participle							vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Pouring a strong-smelling liquid from a glass bottle over his whole body and face after each night

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pouring	pour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 liquid	det
3	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 smelling	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 strong	punct
5	smelling	smell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 liquid	amod
6	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pouring	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 bottle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bottle	det
9	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bottle	compound
10	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pouring	obl
11	over	over	ADP	_	14 body	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 body	nmod:poss
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 body	amod
14	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pouring	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 face	cc
16	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 body	conj
17	after	after	ADP	_	19 night	case
18	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	19 night	det
19	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pouring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	gerund		a smelling liquid		a glass bottle	night	over his whole body and face	vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent liquid=Theme from bottle=Initial_Location
2	smell	gerund							vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Rubbing him with a substance from a bottle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Rubbing	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 substance	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 substance	det
5	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rubbing	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 bottle	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bottle	det
8	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rubbing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund			him = he	a bottle		with a substance	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with substance=Theme

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