Exam question 1 · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Naois dispatched Gelban Grednach, the king's emissary?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Naois · What happens: follow, describe, dispatch · To what, where: manner, Gelban

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1996 «Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tricks fail and the three brothers die» 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 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 dispatched	obl
11	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 dispatched	nsubj
12	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
13	Gelban	Gelban	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 dispatched	obj
14	Grednach	Grednach	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Gelban	flat
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 emissary	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 king	det
17	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 emissary	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 king	case
19	emissary	emissary	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Gelban	appos
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	dispatch	past	Naois	Gelban	the manner		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gelban=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

He discharged a die through the bicker-hole, depriving Gelban of one eye and sending him back to the king in disgrace

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 discharged	nsubj
2	discharged	discharge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 die	det
4	die	die	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discharged	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	9 hole	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hole	det
7	bicker	bicker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hole	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 bicker	punct
9	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discharged	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 depriving	punct
11	depriving	deprive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 discharged	advcl
12	Gelban	Gelban	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 depriving	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 eye	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 eye	nummod
15	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 depriving	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sending	cc
17	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 depriving	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sending	obj
19	back	back	ADV	_	17 sending	advmod
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 king	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 king	det
22	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sending	obl
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 disgrace	case
24	disgrace	disgrace	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	discharge	past	He	a die		the bicker hole		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent die=Theme
2	deprive	gerund	He not said here	Gelban			of one eye	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent gelban=Source of eye=Theme
3	send back	gerund	He not said here	Gelban	the king in disgrace			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to king=Destination

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

He discharged a die through the bicker-hole, depriving Gelban of one eye

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 discharged	nsubj
2	discharged	discharge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 die	det
4	die	die	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discharged	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	9 hole	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hole	det
7	bicker	bicker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hole	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 bicker	punct
9	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discharged	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 depriving	punct
11	depriving	deprive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 discharged	advcl
12	Gelban	Gelban	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 depriving	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 eye	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 eye	nummod
15	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Gelban	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discharge	past	He	a die		the bicker hole			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent die=Theme
2	deprive	gerund	He not said here	Gelban of one eye					vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gelban=Source

Option 3

He launched a stone through the keyhole, blinding Gelban in one eye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 launched	nsubj
2	launched	launch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stone	det
4	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 launched	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 keyhole	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 keyhole	det
7	keyhole	keyhole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 launched	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 blinding	punct
9	blinding	blind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 launched	advcl
10	Gelban	Gelban	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 blinding	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 eye	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 eye	nummod
13	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blinding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	launch	past	He	a stone		the keyhole			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme through keyhole=Destination
2	blind	gerund	He not said here	Gelban		one eye			tree rules

Option 4

He flung a die through the peephole, costing Gelban his life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flung	nsubj
2	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 die	det
4	die	die	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flung	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 peephole	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 peephole	det
7	peephole	peephole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flung	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 costing	punct
9	costing	cost	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 flung	advcl
10	Gelban	Gelban	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 costing	obj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 life	nmod:poss
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 costing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	past	He	a die		the peephole			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent die=Theme through peephole=Destination
2	cost	gerund	He not said here		Gelban				vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme gelban=Beneficiary life=Value

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