Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the…

Which of the following accurately states the condition in which the mounts of the sheehogues were discovered at the rath?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, state, discover · To what, where: condition, mounts

This is exam question 4 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	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	accurately	accurately	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 condition	det
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 discovered	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mounts	det
12	mounts	mount	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 discovered	nsubj:pass
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 sheehogues	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sheehogues	det
15	sheehogues	sheehogue	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mounts	nmod
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 discovered	aux:pass
17	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 condition	acl:relcl
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 rath	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rath	det
20	rath	rath	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 discovered	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 condition		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
3	discover	past · passive	the mounts of the sheehogues	the condition	at the rath	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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

They had been turned to old brooms and a few rough sticks

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	4 turned	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 turned	aux:pass
4	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 brooms	case
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 brooms	amod
7	brooms	broom	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 turned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sticks	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sticks	det
10	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sticks	amod
11	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sticks	amod
12	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 brooms	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · perfect · passive		They		old brooms and a few rough sticks			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to broom=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They had been transformed into a plough beam and other rough objects

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	4 transformed	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 transformed	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 transformed	aux:pass
4	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 beam	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 beam	det
7	plough	plough	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beam	compound
8	beam	beam	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transformed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 objects	cc
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 objects	amod
11	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 objects	amod
12	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 beam	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · perfect · passive		They				into a plough beam and other rough objects result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into beam=Result

Option 3

They had turned into sticks and brooms and rags

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	3 turned	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	aux
3	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 sticks	case
5	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turned	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 brooms	cc
7	brooms	broom	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sticks	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rags	cc
9	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sticks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · perfect	They			sticks and brooms and rags			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into stick=Trajectory

Option 4

They were still fine horses, but they had been tied up with ropes of straw at the rath

The tree, 18 words

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	4 fine	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 fine	advmod
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	flat
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tied	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 tied	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 tied	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 tied	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 tied	aux:pass
11	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fine	conj
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 tied	compound:prt
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 ropes	case
14	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tied	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 straw	case
16	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ropes	nmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 rath	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 rath	det
19	rath	rath	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They				still	fine property	tree rules
2	tie up	past · perfect · passive		they		the rath		with ropes of straw	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with rope=Co-Patient

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