Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Horned Women: a night of witches an…

Which of the following describes the parting of Tom Fitzpatrick from the Lepracaun?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom · What happens: follow, describe, part · To what, where: parting, Lepracaun

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parting	det
7	parting	parting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Tom	case
9	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 parting	nmod
10	Fitzpatrick	Fitzpatrick	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Tom	flat
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 Lepracaun	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Lepracaun	det
13	Lepracaun	Lepracaun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 parting	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the parting of Tom	the Lepracaun	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent parting=Theme
3	part		Tom		the Lepracaun	nom parting «act intransitive»: of=agent from=place

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 · ✓ the right answer

The Lepracaun was thanked civilly and dismissed, and Tom went home for a spade

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Lepracaun	det
2	Lepracaun	Lepracaun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 thanked	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thanked	aux:pass
4	thanked	thank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	civilly	civilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thanked	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dismissed	cc
7	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thanked	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 went	cc
10	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thanked	parataxis
12	home	home	ADV	_	11 went	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 spade	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 spade	det
15	spade	spade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past · passive		the Lepracaun	civilly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	dismiss	past				vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	go	past	Tom		for a spade; home property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for spade=Beneficiary

Option 2

The Lepracaun was thanked civilly and dismissed, and Tom went home for a spade to dig up the gold he had been promised by the creature in the field

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Lepracaun	det
2	Lepracaun	Lepracaun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 thanked	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thanked	aux:pass
4	thanked	thank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	civilly	civilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thanked	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dismissed	cc
7	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thanked	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 went	cc
10	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thanked	parataxis
12	home	home	ADV	_	11 went	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 spade	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 spade	det
15	spade	spade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 dig	mark
17	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 went	advcl
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 dig	compound:prt
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 gold	det
20	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dig	obj
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 promised	nsubj:pass
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 promised	aux
23	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	24 promised	aux:pass
24	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 gold	acl:relcl
25	by	by	ADP	_	27 creature	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 creature	det
27	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 promised	obl
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 field	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 field	det
30	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 creature	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past · passive		the Lepracaun	civilly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	dismiss	past				vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	go	past	Tom		for a spade; home property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for spade=Beneficiary
4	dig up	to-infinitive	Tom not said here	the gold		vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gold=Theme
5	promise speech: promise	past · perfect · passive	the creature in the field	Tom		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

After a long and courteous talk, the Lepracaun was thanked civilly and dismissed, and Tom went home at once for a spade and a sack

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	6 talk	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 talk	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 talk	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 courteous	cc
5	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 long	conj
6	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thanked	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 talk	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Lepracaun	det
9	Lepracaun	Lepracaun	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 thanked	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 thanked	aux:pass
11	thanked	thank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	civilly	civilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thanked	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 dismissed	cc
14	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 thanked	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 went	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 went	cc
17	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 went	nsubj
18	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 thanked	conj
19	home	home	ADV	_	18 went	advmod
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 once	case
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	18 went	obl
22	for	for	ADP	_	24 spade	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 spade	det
24	spade	spade	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 went	obl
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 sack	cc
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 sack	det
27	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 spade	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past · passive		the Lepracaun	after a long talk	civilly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	dismiss	past					vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	go	past	Tom			for a spade and a sack; home property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent at once=Location for spade=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tom shook hands with the Lepracaun and left him by the hedge to go home for a spade

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shook	nsubj
2	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shook	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 Lepracaun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Lepracaun	det
6	Lepracaun	Lepracaun	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shook	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 left	cc
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shook	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 left	obj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 hedge	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hedge	det
12	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 go	mark
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 left	advcl
15	home	home	ADV	_	14 go	advmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 spade	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 spade	det
18	spade	spade	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shake	past	Tom	hands	with the Lepracaun	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with lepracaun=Co-Patient
2	leave	past	Tom not said here	Tom	by the hedge	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme by hedge=Location
3	go	to-infinitive	Tom not said here		for a spade; home property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for spade=Beneficiary

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