Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary,…

In the passage, to what extent did Guleesh first partake of the herbal draught?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: partake · To what, where: passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1987 «Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary, and they wed» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 passage	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 passage	det
3	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 partake	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 passage	punct
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 what	case
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 partake	obl
7	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 partake	aux
9	Guleesh	Guleesh	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 partake	advmod
11	partake	partake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 draught	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 draught	det
14	herbal	herbal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 draught	amod
15	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 partake	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 partake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	partake	past · do-support				the passage		of the herbal draught; first property	tree rules

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

He consumed nearly the entire contents of the cup at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consumed	nsubj
2	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	6 contents	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 contents	det
5	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 contents	amod
6	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 consumed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 cup	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cup	det
9	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contents	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past	He	the entire contents of the cup					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contents=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He drank it all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drank	nsubj
2	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drank	obj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	He	it					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He consumed approximately half the cup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consumed	nsubj
2	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	2 consumed	advmod
4	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	6 cup	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cup	det
6	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past	He	half cup				approximately property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Asset

Option 4

He drank roughly a third of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drank	nsubj
2	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	roughly	roughly	ADV	_	5 third	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 third	det
5	third	third	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drank	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 third	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	He	a third of third					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent third=Patient

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