Exam question 2 · Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, N…

In what manner did Deirdre attempt to dissuade Naois from undertaking the journey?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Deirdre · What happens: attempt, dissuade, undertake · To what, where: manner, Naois, journey

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1995 «Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, Naois takes her to Scotland, and Connachar invites them back to a feast» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attempt	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 attempt	aux
5	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 attempt	nsubj
6	attempt	attempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 dissuade	mark
8	dissuade	dissuade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 attempt	xcomp
9	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dissuade	obj
10	from	from	SCONJ	_	11 undertaking	mark
11	undertaking	undertake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 dissuade	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 journey	det
13	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 undertaking	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 attempt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	attempt	past · do-support	Deirdre			what manner	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	dissuade not said to happen	to-infinitive	Deirdre not said here		Naois		vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer naois=Beneficiary
3	undertake	gerund	Deirdre not said here	the journey			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality

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 wept and begged him

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 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 begged	cc
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	She						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	beg speech: request	past	She not said here		him = he				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2

She begged him aloud to stay with her in Alba

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 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	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 begged	obj
4	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	2 begged	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stay	mark
6	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 begged	advcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stay	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Alba	case
10	Alba	Alba	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	She		him = he			aloud property	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	stay	to-infinitive	She not said here			Alba		with her = she	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in alba=Location

Option 3

She warned him with a plain plea

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 warned	nsubj
2	warned	warn	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 warned	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 plea	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plea	det
6	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 plea	amod
7	plea	plea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past	She		him = he			with a plain plea	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She recited a prophetic verse concerning doves and hawks

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 recited	nsubj
2	recited	recite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 verse	det
4	prophetic	prophetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 verse	amod
5	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recited	obj
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 doves	amod
7	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 verse	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hawks	cc
9	hawks	hawk	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 doves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recite	past	She	a prophetic verse and concerning doves and hawks					vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme
2	concern	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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