Exam question 3 · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr…

Which of the following accurately records the fate of Arden, Allen and Naois, as related in this part of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, record, fate · To what, where: fate, Arden

This is exam question 3 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	6 records	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 records	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 records	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 records	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 records	advmod
6	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fate	det
8	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Arden	case
10	Arden	Arden	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 fate	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Allen	punct
12	Allen	Allen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Arden	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Naois	cc
14	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Arden	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 related	punct
16	as	as	ADP	_	17 related	case
17	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 records	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 part	case
19	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 part	det
20	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 related	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 narrative	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 narrative	det
23	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 part	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	record	present	the fate of Arden and Allen and Naois	accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	fate		Arden and Allen and Naois		nom fate «event 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

Allen died upon Naois's shoulder, Arden's hold failed, and Naois's heart stopped beating when he saw them

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Allen	Allen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 shoulder	case
4	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shoulder	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Naois	case
6	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 died	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 failed	punct
8	Arden	Arden	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 hold	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Arden	case
10	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 failed	nsubj
11	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 died	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stopped	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 stopped	cc
14	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 heart	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Naois	case
16	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stopped	nsubj
17	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 died	conj
18	beating	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 stopped	xcomp
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 saw	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 saw	nsubj
21	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 beating	advcl
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	die	past	Allen		upon Naois's shoulder	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	fail	past	Arden's hold			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stop	past	Naois's heart			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	beat	gerund	Naois's heart not said here			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	see	past	heart	them = they		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
6	hold		Arden			nom hold «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Arden died upon Naois's shoulder, Allen's hold failed through death, and Naois's heart burst upon seeing them

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arden	Arden	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 shoulder	case
4	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shoulder	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Naois	case
6	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 died	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 failed	punct
8	Allen	Allen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 hold	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Allen	case
10	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 failed	nsubj
11	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 died	conj
12	through	through	ADP	_	13 death	case
13	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 failed	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 burst	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 burst	cc
16	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 heart	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Naois	case
18	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 burst	nsubj
19	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 died	conj
20	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	21 seeing	mark
21	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 burst	advcl
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 seeing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	die	past	Arden			upon Naois's shoulder	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	fail	past	Allen's hold		death		vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	burst	past	Naois's heart				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	see	gerund	Naois's heart not said here	them = they			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
5	hold		Allen				nom hold «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Arden died, Allen fainted, Naois wept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arden	Arden	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fainted	punct
4	Allen	Allen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fainted	nsubj
5	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 died	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wept	punct
7	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wept	nsubj
8	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 died	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	die	past	Arden	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	faint	past	Allen	vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	weep	past	Naois	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Arden fell on Naois's shoulder, Allen's grip gave way in death, and Naois fell into the sea

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arden	Arden	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 shoulder	case
4	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shoulder	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Naois	case
6	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gave	punct
8	Allen	Allen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 grip	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Allen	case
10	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fell	conj
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 death	case
14	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 fell	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 fell	cc
17	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 fell	nsubj
18	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fell	conj
19	into	into	ADP	_	21 sea	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 sea	det
21	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fall	past	Arden		Naois's shoulder		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Location
2	give	past	Allen's grip	way	death		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
3	fall	past	Naois			into the sea result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result
4	grip		Allen				nom grip «act transitive»: poss=agent

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