Exam question 2 · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr…

Which of the following correctly states the means by which Duanan Gacha Druid sought to impede the sons of Uisnech?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, Duanan · What happens: follow, state, mean, seek, impede · To what, where: sons · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 states	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 sought	obl
11	Duanan	Duanan	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 sought	nsubj
12	Gacha	Gacha	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Duanan	flat
13	Druid	Druid	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Duanan	flat
14	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 impede	mark
16	impede	impede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 sought	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sons	det
18	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 impede	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Uisnech	case
20	Uisnech	Uisnech	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 sons	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present			correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	seek	past	Duanan			tree rules
5	impede not said to happen	to-infinitive	Duanan not said here	the sons of Uisnech		vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer son=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

He first raised an impenetrable wood, then a grey sea, then froze the sea into rocks and then dried up the flood on the plain

The tree, 25 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	3 raised	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 raised	advmod
3	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wood	det
5	impenetrable	impenetrable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wood	amod
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sea	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 sea	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sea	det
10	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sea	amod
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wood	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 froze	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 froze	advmod
14	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 raised	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sea	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 froze	obj
17	into	into	ADP	_	18 rocks	case
18	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 froze	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 dried	cc
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 dried	advmod
21	dried	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 raised	conj
22	up	up	ADP	_	21 dried	compound:prt
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 flood	det
24	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dried	obj
25	on	on	ADP	_	27 plain	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 plain	det
27	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	He	a impenetrable wood and a grey sea			first property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme
2	freeze	past		the sea	rocks	then		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sea=Result
3	dry up	past	He not said here	the flood	the plain	then		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient flood=Result

Option 2

He first raised an impenetrable wood across the whole land, then a grey sea, then froze the sea into rocks with swords and adders

The tree, 24 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	3 raised	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 raised	advmod
3	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wood	det
5	impenetrable	impenetrable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wood	amod
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obj
7	across	across	ADP	_	10 land	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 land	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 land	amod
10	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sea	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 sea	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sea	det
14	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sea	amod
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 land	acl:relcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 froze	punct
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 froze	advmod
18	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 raised	parataxis
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sea	det
20	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 froze	obj
21	into	into	ADP	_	22 rocks	case
22	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 froze	obl
23	with	with	ADP	_	24 swords	case
24	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 froze	obl
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 adders	cc
26	adders	adder	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 swords	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	He	a impenetrable wood		the whole land		first property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wood=Theme across land=Destination
2	freeze	past		the sea		rocks	then	with swords and adders	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent sea=Patient with sword=Instrument

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He first raised an impenetrable wood, then a grey sea, then froze the sea into rocks

The tree, 16 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	3 raised	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 raised	advmod
3	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wood	det
5	impenetrable	impenetrable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wood	amod
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sea	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 sea	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sea	det
10	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sea	amod
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wood	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 froze	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 froze	advmod
14	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 raised	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sea	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 froze	obj
17	into	into	ADP	_	18 rocks	case
18	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 froze	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	He	a impenetrable wood and a grey sea				first property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme
2	freeze	past		the sea		rocks	then		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sea=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He first raised a wood, then a flood on the plain, then froze the sea

The tree, 15 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	3 raised	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 raised	advmod
3	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wood	det
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 flood	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 flood	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 flood	det
9	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 plain	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 plain	det
12	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flood	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 froze	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 froze	advmod
15	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 raised	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sea	det
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 froze	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	He	a wood				a flood on the plain obl; first property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme
2	freeze	past		the sea			then		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sea=Result

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