Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Ir…

Which of the following correctly identifies the object the Princess left in the Irishman's keeping before her departure?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: follow, identify, leave, keep, depart · To what, where: object, Irishman, departure

This is exam question 3 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 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	csubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 following	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Princess	det
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 left	nsubj
11	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 identifies	ccomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 Irishman	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Irishman	det
14	Irishman	Irishman	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 left	obl
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Irishman	case
16	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 left	advcl
17	before	before	ADP	_	19 departure	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 departure	nmod:poss
19	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keeping	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				correctly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the object			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent object=Theme clause=Attribute
3	leave	past	the Princess			in the Irishman result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in irishman=Result
4	keep	gerund	the Princess not said here		Princess's departure		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent before departure=Location
5	depart		Princess				nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=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

A small iron rod, carved all over, that could wake any sleeper in the house at once

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rod	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rod	amod
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rod	compound
4	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wake	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 carved	punct
6	carved	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rod	acl:relcl
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 over	advmod
8	over	over	ADV	_	6 carved	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wake	punct
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 wake	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 wake	aux
12	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 sleeper	det
14	sleeper	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wake	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 house	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 house	det
17	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wake	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 once	case
19	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 wake	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	past	a small iron rod not said here					over property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wake	could	a small iron rod	any sleeper		the house			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sleeper=Patient

Option 2

A little rod with which he could wake each of the sleeping men in the room whenever he chose

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rod	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rod	amod
3	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 wake	obl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wake	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 wake	aux
8	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rod	acl:relcl
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 wake	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 men	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 men	det
12	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 men	compound
13	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 each	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 room	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 room	det
16	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wake	obl
17	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	19 chose	advmod
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 chose	nsubj
19	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 wake	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	could	he	each		the room		with a little rod	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent each=Patient with which=Instrument
2	choose	past	he					whenever property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A little rod for waking the sleeping men

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rod	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rod	amod
3	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 waking	mark
5	waking	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 rod	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 men	det
7	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 men	compound
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 waking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	gerund	a little rod not said here	the sleeping men					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent man=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A small wand that opens locked doors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wand	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wand	amod
3	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 opens	nsubj
5	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wand	acl:relcl
6	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 doors	amod
7	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 opens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	a small wand	locked doors					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	lock	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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