Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of Myddvai: the lake-maid…

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the condition under which the lake-maiden agreed to become the shepherd's wife?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: lake maiden · What happens: follow, describe, agree, become · To what, where: condition, wife

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1993 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of Myddvai: the lake-maiden leaves after three blows» 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	8 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 describes	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 describes	advmod
8	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 condition	det
10	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 describes	obj
11	under	under	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 agreed	obl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 maiden	det
14	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 maiden	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 lake	punct
16	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 agreed	nsubj
17	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 condition	acl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 become	mark
19	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 agreed	xcomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 shepherd	det
21	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 wife	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 shepherd	case
23	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 become	xcomp
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the condition		of the following statements; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	agree speech: agree	past	the lake maiden		the condition		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	become not said to happen	to-infinitive	the lake maiden not said here	the shepherd's wife			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

She would marry him only if he could identify her among her sisters on the following day, and if he never strikes her without cause.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 marry	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 marry	aux
3	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 marry	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 identify	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 identify	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 identify	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 identify	aux
9	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 marry	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 identify	obj
11	among	among	ADP	_	13 sisters	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 sisters	nmod:poss
13	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 identify	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	17 day	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 day	det
16	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 day	amod
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 identify	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 strikes	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 strikes	cc
20	if	if	SCONJ	_	23 strikes	mark
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 strikes	nsubj
22	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	23 strikes	advmod
23	strikes	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 marry	advcl
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 strikes	obj
25	without	without	ADP	_	26 cause	case
26	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 strikes	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 marry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	marry	would	She	him = he			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	identify a condition, not said to happen	could	he	her = she	day	among her sisters	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not strike a condition, not said to happen	present	he	her = she		without cause	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Instrument

Option 2

She promised marriage if he recognised her among her sisters the following morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promised	obj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 recognised	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 recognised	nsubj
6	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 promised	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 recognised	obj
8	among	among	ADP	_	10 sisters	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sisters	nmod:poss
10	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 recognised	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 morning	det
12	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 morning	amod
13	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recognised	obl:unmarked
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	She	marriage			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme
2	recognise a condition, not said to happen	past	he	her = she	morning	among her sisters	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She agreed to marry him on the condition that he identify her among her sisters on the following day, and that he never doubt her.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 marry	mark
4	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 marry	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 condition	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 condition	det
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marry	obl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 identify	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 identify	nsubj
11	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 marry	advcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 identify	obj
13	among	among	ADP	_	15 sisters	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 sisters	nmod:poss
15	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 identify	obl
16	on	on	ADP	_	19 day	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 day	det
18	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 day	amod
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 identify	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 doubt	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 doubt	cc
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 doubt	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 doubt	nsubj
24	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	25 doubt	advmod
25	doubt	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 agreed	conj
26	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 doubt	obj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 agreed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	She					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he	the condition			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	identify	infinitive	he	her = she		day	among her sisters	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	not doubt	past	he	her = she				vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She would marry him if he could identify her among her sisters on the following day.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 marry	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 marry	aux
3	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 marry	obj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 identify	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 identify	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 identify	aux
8	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 marry	advcl
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 identify	obj
10	among	among	ADP	_	12 sisters	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sisters	nmod:poss
12	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 identify	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 day	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 day	det
15	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 day	amod
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 identify	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 marry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	marry	would	She	him = he			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	identify a condition, not said to happen	could	he	her = she	day	among her sisters	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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