Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of Myddvai: the lake-maid…

To which of the following events does the lake-maiden's statement "The last blow has been struck" refer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lake maiden · What happens: follow, do, strike, refer, state · To what, where: statement, last blow

This is exam question 2 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 which	case
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 does	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 events	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 events	det
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 events	amod
6	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 does	obl
7	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 maiden	det
9	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 maiden	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 lake	punct
11	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 statement	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 maiden	case
13	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 does	obj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 struck	punct
15	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 blow	det
16	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 blow	amod
17	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 struck	nsubj
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 struck	aux
19	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 struck	aux:pass
20	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 statement	acl
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 refer	punct
22	refer	refer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 struck	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	present		the lake maiden's statement	of the following events	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Eventuality
3	strike in a quote	present · perfect · passive		the last blow		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	refer	infinitive				vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme
5	state		the lake maiden			nom statement «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

The third blow, struck upon her shoulder at a funeral, when she laughed at the mourners

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 blow	det
2	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 blow	amod
3	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 blow	punct
5	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 shoulder	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 shoulder	nmod:poss
8	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 funeral	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 funeral	det
11	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 laughed	punct
13	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 laughed	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 laughed	nsubj
15	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 struck	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 mourners	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mourners	det
18	mourners	mourner	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the third blow					upon blow's shoulder; at a funeral	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at funeral=Patient
2	laugh	past	blow			the mourners			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The third blow, struck upon her shoulder at a funeral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 blow	det
2	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 blow	amod
3	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 blow	punct
5	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 shoulder	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 shoulder	nmod:poss
8	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 funeral	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 funeral	det
11	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the third blow					upon blow's shoulder; at a funeral	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at funeral=Patient

Option 3

The second blow, struck upon her arm at a wedding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 blow	det
2	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 blow	amod
3	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 blow	punct
5	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 arm	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 arm	nmod:poss
8	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 wedding	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wedding	det
11	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the second blow					upon blow's arm; at a wedding	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at wedding=Patient

Option 4

The blow struck upon her shoulder at a wedding feast after she had wept over the bread and her cows

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blow	det
2	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	nsubj
3	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 shoulder	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shoulder	nmod:poss
6	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 feast	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 feast	det
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feast	compound
10	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 wept	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wept	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 wept	aux
14	wept	weep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 struck	advcl
15	over	over	ADP	_	17 bread	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bread	det
17	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wept	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 cows	cc
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 cows	nmod:poss
20	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 bread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the blow					upon blow's shoulder; at a wedding feast	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at feast=Patient
2	weep	past · perfect	blow			the bread and blow's cows			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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