Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary,…

In what manner did Conall conceal himself from the giant?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Conall · What happens: conceal · To what, where: Conall, manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1991 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary, part 1: Conall ends his tale, and two greedy farmers kill a poor man's cow» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 conceal	aux
5	Conall	Conall	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	nsubj
6	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 conceal	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 giant	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giant	det
10	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past · do-support	Conall	Conall		what manner		from the giant	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent himself=Patient from giant=Beneficiary

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

He hid beneath the hearth in the cold ash behind the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 hearth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hearth	det
5	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 ash	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ash	det
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ash	amod
9	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 wall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wall	det
12	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He			the cold ash		beneath the hearth; behind the wall	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath hearth=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He hid himself inside the caldron in the corner of the hall, where the giant could not find him for some time

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 hid	obj
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	6 caldron	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 caldron	det
6	caldron	caldron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 corner	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 corner	det
9	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 hall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hall	det
12	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 corner	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 find	punct
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	19 find	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 giant	det
16	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 find	nsubj
17	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 find	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 find	advmod
19	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 corner	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 find	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 time	case
22	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	23 time	det
23	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He	himself = he		the caldron		in the corner of the hall	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient inside caldron=Location
2	not find	could	the giant	him = he			time		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

Option 3

He concealed himself inside the great caldron, which the giant's wife had filled with water but had not yet lit

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 concealed	nsubj
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 concealed	obj
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	7 caldron	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 caldron	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 caldron	amod
7	caldron	caldron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 filled	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 filled	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giant	det
11	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wife	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 giant	case
13	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 filled	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 filled	aux
15	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 caldron	acl
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 water	case
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 filled	obl
18	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 lit	cc
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 lit	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 lit	advmod
21	yet	yet	ADV	_	22 lit	advmod
22	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 concealed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past	He	himself = he	the great caldron			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient inside caldron=Location
2	fill	past · perfect	the giant's wife	the great caldron			with water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent which=Patient with water=Instrument
3	not lit	past · perfect	He not said here			yet		tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He concealed himself within the caldron, which had not yet grown hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 concealed	nsubj
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 concealed	obj
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 caldron	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 caldron	det
6	caldron	caldron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grown	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 grown	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 grown	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 grown	advmod
11	yet	yet	ADV	_	12 grown	advmod
12	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 caldron	acl:relcl
13	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 grown	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past	He	himself = he				within the caldron	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
2	not grow	past · perfect	the caldron				yet	hot property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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