Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Horned Women: a night of witches an…

By what means did the mistress obtain release from the enchantment of the witches?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mistress · What happens: mean, do, obtain, enchant · To what, where: release, enchantment, witches

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1988 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Horned Women: a night of witches and a sieve of water» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mistress	det
6	mistress	mistress	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	nsubj
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 enchantment	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 enchantment	det
11	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 witches	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 witches	det
14	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 enchantment	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past				tree rules
3	obtain	present	the mistress	release	the enchantment of the witches	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from enchantment=Source
4	enchant			the witches		nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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

By the instruction of the Spirit of the Well, who directed her to cry aloud at the north angle of the house before the witches woke, and to do it in the Irish tongue

The tree, 34 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 instruction	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 instruction	det
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 directed	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Spirit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Spirit	det
6	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 instruction	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Well	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Well	det
9	Well	Well	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Spirit	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 directed	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 directed	nsubj
12	directed	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 directed	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 cry	mark
15	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 directed	xcomp
16	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	15 cry	advmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 angle	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 angle	det
19	north	north	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 angle	amod
20	angle	angle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cry	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 house	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 house	det
23	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 angle	nmod
24	before	before	SCONJ	_	27 woke	mark
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 witches	det
26	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 woke	nsubj
27	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 cry	advcl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 do	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 do	cc
30	to	to	PART	_	31 do	mark
31	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 directed	conj
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 do	obj
33	in	in	ADP	_	36 tongue	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 tongue	det
35	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 tongue	amod
36	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	direct	past		her = she		by the instruction of the Spirit of the Well	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	to-infinitive			the north angle of the house	aloud property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at angle=Location
3	wake	past	the witches				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	do	to-infinitive		house	the Irish tongue		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
5	instruct			the Spirit of the Well			nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Through the warning of a dream, which told her to pray and then call at the east door

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 warning	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 warning	det
3	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 dream	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dream	det
6	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warning	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 warning	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 told	nsubj
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 pray	mark
12	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 call	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 call	advmod
15	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 pray	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	19 door	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 door	det
18	east	east	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 door	amod
19	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past		her = she	the warning of a dream			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	pray not said to happen	to-infinitive						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	call	infinitive				then	at the east door	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at door=Stimulus
4	warn		a dream					nom warning «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

By the instruction of the Spirit of the Well, who directed her to cry aloud at the north angle

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 instruction	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 instruction	det
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 directed	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Spirit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Spirit	det
6	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 instruction	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Well	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Well	det
9	Well	Well	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Spirit	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 directed	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 directed	nsubj
12	directed	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 directed	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 cry	mark
15	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 directed	xcomp
16	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	15 cry	advmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 angle	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 angle	det
19	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 angle	compound
20	angle	angle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	direct	past	her = she		by the instruction of the Spirit of the Well	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	to-infinitive		the north angle	aloud property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at angle=Location
3	instruct		the Spirit of the Well			nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

By the instruction of the Spirit of the Well, who directed her to cry aloud at the north angle of the house and the field beyond it

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 instruction	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 instruction	det
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 directed	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Spirit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Spirit	det
6	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 instruction	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Well	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Well	det
9	Well	Well	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Spirit	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 directed	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 directed	nsubj
12	directed	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 directed	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 cry	mark
15	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 directed	xcomp
16	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	15 cry	advmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 angle	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 angle	det
19	north	north	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 angle	amod
20	angle	angle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cry	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 house	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 house	det
23	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 angle	nmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 field	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 field	det
26	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 angle	conj
27	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	28 it	case
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	direct	past	her = she		by the instruction of the Spirit of the Well	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	to-infinitive		the north angle of the house and the field	beyond field; aloud property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at angle=Location
3	instruct		the Spirit of the Well			nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient

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