Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tell…

Identify the means by which the narrator deceived the giant in the cave.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: identify, mean, deceive · To what, where: giant, cave · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1990 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tells the king of a tree-breaking cat fight, then of a giant's cave and a stolen ring, and ends stranded on an island» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 means	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 deceived	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 narrator	det
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deceived	nsubj
8	deceived	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giant	det
10	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 deceived	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 cave	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cave	det
13	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deceived	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	infinitive				vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	deceive	past	the narrator	the giant	the cave	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=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 hiding inside a goat pen and striking the giant's back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 hiding	mark
2	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	inside	inside	ADP	_	6 pen	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pen	det
5	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pen	compound
6	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 striking	cc
8	striking	strike	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hiding	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giant	det
10	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 back	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 giant	case
12	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 striking	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hiding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				a goat pen			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside pen=Location
2	strike	gerund		the giant's back					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By posing as a physician and disabling the giant's sound eye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 posing	mark
2	posing	pose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 physician	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 physician	det
5	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 posing	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 disabling	cc
7	disabling	disable	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 posing	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 giant	det
9	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 eye	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 giant	case
11	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 eye	compound
12	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disabling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pose	gerund						as a physician	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as physician=Attribute
2	disable	gerund		the giant's sound eye					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Option 3

By disguising himself as a travelling bard and stabbing the giant's sound eye with a knife, then fleeing the cave.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 disguising	mark
2	disguising	disguise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 disguising	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 bard	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bard	det
6	travelling	travelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bard	compound
7	bard	bard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguising	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stabbing	cc
9	stabbing	stab	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 disguising	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giant	det
11	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 eye	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 giant	case
13	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 eye	compound
14	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stabbing	obj
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 knife	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 knife	det
17	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stabbing	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fleeing	punct
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 fleeing	advmod
20	fleeing	flee	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 disguising	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 cave	det
22	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fleeing	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 disguising	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	gerund	himself = he		as a travelling bard	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Destination
2	stab	gerund	the giant's sound eye		with a knife	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent eye=Patient with knife=Instrument
3	flee	gerund	the cave	then		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cave=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By pretending to be a physician, then stealing the giant's ring and tricking him into the sea

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pretending	mark
2	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 physician	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 physician	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 physician	det
6	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pretending	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stealing	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 stealing	advmod
9	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pretending	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giant	det
11	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ring	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 giant	case
13	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stealing	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 tricking	cc
15	tricking	trick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pretending	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 tricking	obj
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 sea	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tricking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	gerund				tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	a physician			tree rules
3	steal	gerund	the giant's ring	then		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ring=Theme
4	trick	gerund	giant		into the sea result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient into sea=Result

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