Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the…
Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Guleesh and the princess returned to Erin?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Guleesh · What happens: follow, describe, return · To what, where: manner, Erin
This is exam question 3 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 manner | det |
| 8 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 returned | obl |
| 11 | Guleesh | Guleesh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 returned | nsubj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 princess | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 princess | det |
| 14 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Guleesh | conj |
| 15 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 manner | acl:relcl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 Erin | case |
| 17 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 returned | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the manner | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | ||||
| 3 | return | past | Guleesh and the princess | Erin | the manner | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to erin=Result |
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 walked over the sea
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 | 2 walked | nsubj |
| 2 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 sea | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | They | the sea | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sea=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
They flew over the sea and landed safely in Erin
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 | 2 flew | nsubj |
| 2 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 sea | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 flew | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 landed | cc |
| 7 | landed | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 flew | conj |
| 8 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 7 landed | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Erin | case |
| 10 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 landed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | past | They | the sea | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sea=Location | ||||
| 2 | land | past | They not said here | Erin | safely property | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in erin=Destination |
Option 3
They sailed back by ship
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 | 2 sailed | nsubj |
| 2 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 sailed | advmod |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 ship | case |
| 5 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sailed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail back | past | They | by ship | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
They rode the horse over the sea and landed in the clouds
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 | 2 rode | nsubj |
| 2 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 horse | det |
| 4 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rode | obj |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rode | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 landed | cc |
| 9 | landed | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 rode | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 clouds | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 clouds | det |
| 12 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 landed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | They | the horse | the sea | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme over sea=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | land | past | They not said here | the clouds | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cloud=Destination |
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