Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the…

Which of the following accurately describes the means by which the princess was rendered invisible to the assembly?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the · What happens: follow, describe, mean, render · To what, where: princess · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1984 «Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the sheehogues to a wedding feast, and the princess is carried off» 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	accurately	accurately	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 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 rendered	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princess	det
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rendered	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 rendered	aux:pass
14	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 means	ccomp
15	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 rendered	xcomp
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 assembly	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 assembly	det
18	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 invisible	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	render	past · passive		the princess	invisible property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer

She was struck down by a word and an object thrown upon her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 struck	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 word	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 object	cc
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 object	det
10	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	conj
11	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 object	acl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike down	past · passive	a word and a object	She					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument
2	throw	participle		a object not said here				upon her = she	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent upon she=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She was hidden by a cloak thrown over her with a spoken word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hidden	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hidden	aux:pass
3	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 cloak	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cloak	det
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hidden	obl
7	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cloak	acl
8	over	over	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thrown	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 word	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 word	det
12	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 word	amod
13	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hide	past · passive	She	by a cloak	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient by cloak=Location
2	throw	participle	a cloak not said here	over her = she; with a spoken word	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over she=Destination
3	speak speech: other	participle			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She was cast into sleep by a charm and a cloth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cast	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cast	aux:pass
3	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 sleep	case
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 charm	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 charm	det
8	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cloth	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cloth	det
11	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 charm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	past · passive	a charm and a cloth	She		sleep			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent subject=Material into sleep=Product

Option 4

She was made to vanish by a cloth tossed over her with a spoken word and a stern glance from the king

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 vanish	mark
5	vanish	vanish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 tossed	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cloth	det
8	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tossed	nsubj
9	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 vanish	advcl
10	over	over	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tossed	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 word	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 word	det
14	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 word	amod
15	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tossed	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 glance	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 glance	det
18	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 glance	amod
19	glance	glance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 word	conj
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 king	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 king	det
22	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 glance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		She		tree rules
2	vanish	to-infinitive	She not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	toss	past	a cloth		over her = she; with a spoken word and a stern glance from the king	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with word=Material
4	speak speech: other	participle				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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