Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of Myddvai: the lake-maid…
Which of the following accurately records the marriage portion brought by the lake-maiden to her husband?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, record, bring · To what, where: marriage portion
This is exam question 4 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 | 4 following | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 following | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 records | advmod |
| 6 | records | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 following | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 portion | det |
| 8 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 portion | compound |
| 9 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 records | obj |
| 10 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 portion | acl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 maiden | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 maiden | det |
| 13 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 maiden | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 lake | punct |
| 15 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 brought | obl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 husband | case |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 husband | nmod:poss |
| 18 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 maiden | nmod |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | record | present | the marriage portion | accurately property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bring | participle | the marriage portion not said here | by the lake maiden to her husband | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=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 right answer
Three cows, two oxen, and a bull
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 cows | nummod |
| 2 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 oxen | punct |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 oxen | nummod |
| 5 | oxen | ox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cows | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bull | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bull | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bull | det |
| 9 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cows | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Three goats, two sheep, and a bull
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 goats | nummod |
| 2 | goats | goat | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sheep | punct |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 sheep | nummod |
| 5 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 goats | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bull | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bull | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bull | det |
| 9 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goats | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Two cows, three oxen, and a horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 cows | nummod |
| 2 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 oxen | punct |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 oxen | nummod |
| 5 | oxen | ox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cows | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 horse | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 horse | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 horse | det |
| 9 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cows | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Two oxen and a bull
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 oxen | nummod |
| 2 | oxen | ox | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 bull | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bull | det |
| 5 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 oxen | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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