Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, part 1: a hidden…

Which of the following most accurately states the time at which King Connachar set out upon his expedition?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: King · What happens: follow, state, set out · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 states	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 states	advmod
7	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 states	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 set	obl
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 set	nsubj
13	Connachar	Connachar	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 King	flat
14	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 time	acl:relcl
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 set	compound:prt
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 expedition	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 expedition	nmod:poss
18	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 set	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		time	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	set out	past	King	at the time	upon King's expedition	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

At the hour when the king's own horn first sounded in the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 hour	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hour	det
3	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sounded	obl
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 horn	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 horn	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 horn	amod
9	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hour	nmod
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 sounded	advmod
11	sounded	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 court	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 court	det
14	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sounded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	past				the court	hour	first property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in court=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Before the birds had begun to sing in the early morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Before	before	SCONJ	_	5 begun	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 birds	det
3	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 begun	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 begun	aux
5	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 sing	mark
7	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 begun	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 morning	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 morning	det
10	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 morning	amod
11	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past · perfect	the birds						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	sing speech: express	to-infinitive	the birds not said here				morning		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Just after the sun had risen high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	6 risen	advmod
2	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 risen	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sun	det
4	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 risen	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 risen	aux
6	risen	rise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 risen	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past · perfect	the sun					high property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Late in the evening, after the long feast had ended in the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 evening	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 evening	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 evening	det
4	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ended	punct
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 ended	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 feast	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 feast	amod
9	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ended	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 ended	aux
11	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 evening	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 hall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hall	det
14	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	past · perfect · passive	the evening not said here	the long feast		the hall			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

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