Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, part 1: a hidden…

Which of the following statements accurately reflects the conduct of Deirdre towards the stranger at the door?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, reflect, conduct · To what, where: conduct, Deirdre

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1994 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, part 1: a hidden girl is found by a lost hunter, and the king sets out to take her» 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	7 reflects	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	7 reflects	obl
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 reflects	advmod
7	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 conduct	det
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reflects	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Deirdre	case
11	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod
12	towards	towards	ADP	_	14 stranger	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stranger	det
14	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reflects	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 door	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 door	det
17	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stranger	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reflects	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	reflect	present	the conduct of Deirdre	of the following statements; towards the stranger at the door; accurately property	tree rules
3	conduct		Deirdre		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

She admitted him at once, against her nurse's wishes, because she pitied him and wished to show him the glen and her birds

The tree, 24 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 admitted	nsubj
2	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 admitted	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 admitted	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wishes	punct
7	against	against	ADP	_	11 wishes	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 nurse	nmod:poss
9	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wishes	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 nurse	case
11	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 admitted	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pitied	punct
13	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 pitied	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 pitied	nsubj
15	pitied	pity	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 admitted	parataxis
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 pitied	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wished	cc
18	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 pitied	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 show	mark
20	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 wished	xcomp
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 show	iobj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 glen	det
23	glen	glen	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 show	obj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 birds	cc
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 birds	nmod:poss
26	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 admitted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	past	She	him = he		against her nurse's wishes	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme at once=Location
2	pity	past	she	him = he			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	wish	past	she not said here				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	show not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	the glen	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient glen=Topic
5	wish		her nurse				nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She spoke to him freely, trusting the stranger's kindly manner at once

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	obl
5	freely	freely	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 trusting	punct
7	trusting	trust	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 spoke	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stranger	det
9	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 manner	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 stranger	case
11	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	12 manner	advmod
12	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trusting	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 once	case
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 trusting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	She		him = he			freely property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent
2	trust	gerund	She not said here	the stranger's manner					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She admitted him, against her nurse's wishes, out of religious obligation

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 admitted	nsubj
2	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 admitted	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wishes	punct
5	against	against	ADP	_	9 wishes	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nurse	nmod:poss
7	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wishes	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 nurse	case
9	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 admitted	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 obligation	punct
11	out	out	ADP	_	14 obligation	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 obligation	case
13	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 obligation	amod
14	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	past	She	him = he		religious obligation		against her nurse's wishes	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme against wish=Location
2	wish		her nurse						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She ignored her nurse entirely and invited him inside to share a meal, a fire and a long conversation about the hills

The tree, 22 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 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 nurse	nmod:poss
4	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ignored	obj
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 ignored	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 invited	cc
7	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ignored	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 invited	obj
9	inside	inside	ADV	_	7 invited	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 share	mark
11	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 invited	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 meal	det
13	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 share	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fire	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 fire	det
16	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ignored	parataxis
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 conversation	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 conversation	det
19	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 conversation	amod
20	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fire	conj
21	about	about	ADP	_	23 hills	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 hills	det
23	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 conversation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	She	her nurse		entirely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nurse=Theme
2	invite	past	She not said here		him = he	inside property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	share	to-infinitive	She not said here	a meal			tree rules

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