Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar…

Which action did Deirdre perform upon the burial of the heroes?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: perform, bury · To what, where: heroes

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1997 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar eats every raspberry, so Munachar sets out to make a rope and hang him» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 perform	aux
4	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 burial	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 burial	det
8	burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 heroes	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heroes	det
11	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 burial	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past · do-support	which action					upon the burial of the heroes	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bury			the heroes					nom burial «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

She lay down in the grave beside Naois and then the brothers were buried with her

The tree, 16 words

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 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 lay	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 grave	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grave	det
6	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
7	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 Naois	case
8	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 grave	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 buried	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 buried	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 brothers	det
12	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 buried	nsubj:pass
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 buried	aux:pass
14	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lay	conj
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 her	case
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie down	past	She			the grave beside Naois		down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grave=Location
2	bury	past · passive		the brothers			then	with Naois	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

She insisted the gravediggers dig the pit wide, then lay down in the grave beside Naois

The tree, 16 words

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 insisted	nsubj
2	insisted	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gravediggers	det
4	gravediggers	gravedigger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dig	nsubj
5	dig	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 insisted	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pit	det
7	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wide	obl:unmarked
8	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dig	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lay	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 lay	advmod
11	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 insisted	advcl
12	down	down	ADV	_	11 lay	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 grave	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 grave	det
15	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lay	obl
16	beside	beside	ADP	_	17 Naois	case
17	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 grave	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	insist speech: other	past	She				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	dig	present	the gravediggers			wide property	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	lay down	infinitive	She not said here	the grave beside Naois	then	down property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in grave=Destination

Option 3

She climbed into the pit next to 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 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 pit	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pit	det
5	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obl
6	next	next	ADV	_	2 climbed	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 climbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	She		him = he	the pit		next property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into pit=Initial_Location to he=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She lay down in the grave beside Naois

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 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 lay	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 grave	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grave	det
6	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
7	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 Naois	case
8	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie down	past	She			the grave		beside Naois; down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grave=Location

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