Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Horned Women: a night of witches an…
What is the final circumstance recorded concerning the mantle left by the witches?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: final circumstance · What happens: be, record, concern, leave · To what, where: mantle
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 recorded | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 circumstance | det |
| 4 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 circumstance | amod |
| 5 | circumstance | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 recorded | nsubj |
| 6 | recorded | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 recorded | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 mantle | det |
| 9 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 concerning | obj |
| 10 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 mantle | acl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 witches | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 witches | det |
| 13 | witches | witch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 left | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 recorded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | record | past | the final circumstance | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the final circumstance not said here | the mantle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mantle=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | leave | participle | the mantle not said here | by the witches | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by witch=Location |
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
It was preserved by the family for five hundred years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 preserved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 preserved | aux:pass |
| 3 | preserved | preserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 family | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 preserved | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 years | case |
| 8 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 hundred | compound |
| 9 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 years | nummod |
| 10 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 preserved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preserve | past · passive | the family | It | year | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |
Option 2
It was preserved by the family for five hundred years and then given to the museum in Dublin
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 preserved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 preserved | aux:pass |
| 3 | preserved | preserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 family | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 preserved | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 years | case |
| 8 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 hundred | compound |
| 9 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 years | nummod |
| 10 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 preserved | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 given | cc |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 given | advmod |
| 13 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 preserved | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 museum | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 museum | det |
| 16 | museum | museum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 given | obl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 Dublin | case |
| 18 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preserve | past · passive | the family | It | year | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | give | participle | the family not said here | the museum | Dublin | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to museum=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The family hid it under the hearth for centuries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | nsubj |
| 3 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hid | obj |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 hearth | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hearth | det |
| 7 | hearth | hearth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 centuries | case |
| 9 | centuries | century | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | the family | it | the hearth | century | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient under hearth=Location |
Option 4
It was given to the church by the family in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 church | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 church | det |
| 6 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 family | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 family | det |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · passive | the family | It | the church | in the end | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to church=Recipient |
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