Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary,…

Upon awakening, by what manner did the young lady signal her restored capacity for speech?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: manner · What happens: awaken, do, restore · To what, where: young lady signal, capacity

This is exam question 2 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	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	2 awakening	mark
2	awakening	awaken	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 did	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 awakening	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 what	case
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 did	obj
6	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 signal	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 signal	amod
10	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 signal	compound
11	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	obj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 restored	nsubj
13	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 signal	acl:relcl
14	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 restored	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 speech	case
16	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 capacity	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	awaken	gerund	manner not said here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	manner	the young lady signal		tree rules
3	restore	past	manner	capacity	for speech	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent capacity=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

She rose from the bed and called out loudly to the whole household of the priest

The tree, 16 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	2 rose	nsubj
2	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 bed	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bed	det
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rose	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 called	cc
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rose	conj
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 called	compound:prt
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 rose	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 household	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 household	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 household	amod
13	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rose	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 priest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 priest	det
16	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 household	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	She			the bed		to the whole household of the priest; loudly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from bed=Initial_Location to household=Destination
2	call out speech: assert	participle	She not said here						vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She rose at once and spoke to the priest, then ran to embrace Guleesh in the doorway

The tree, 17 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	2 rose	nsubj
2	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 rose	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 spoke	cc
6	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rose	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 priest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 priest	det
9	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spoke	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ran	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 ran	advmod
12	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rose	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 embrace	mark
14	embrace	embrace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 ran	xcomp
15	Guleesh	Guleesh	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 embrace	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 doorway	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 doorway	det
18	doorway	doorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 embrace	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	She					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location
2	speak speech: other	past	She not said here				to the priest	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to priest=Co-Agent
3	run	past	She not said here			then		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	embrace	to-infinitive	She not said here	Guleesh	the doorway			vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guleesh=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She addressed the priest in ordinary conversation

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	2 addressed	nsubj
2	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 priest	det
4	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 addressed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 conversation	case
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 conversation	amod
7	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 addressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	past	She	the priest		ordinary conversation			vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Destination

Option 4

She wept quietly

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	2 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 wept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	She					quietly property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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